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Title: Foolish
Author: Kit-Kate Bar
Realm: Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare
Characters: Shylock, Antonio, Bassanio
Rating: PG
Word Count: 109
Summary: Like pouring coins into a pocket with its bottom missing.
Notes: A SLIGHT hint of boy/boy relationship
What a jest! No mere friend would be that giving and that willing to sacrifice his own skin so his airhead of a comrade could sail away to chase after a flight of fancy! No, Venice was a ducat city, enslaved by its own greed. To give money to Bassanio was like pouring coins into a pocket with its bottom missing – foolish. Antonio, though he was many things, was not a fool. There had to be another reason, Shylock mused, that so wise and rich a man put up with the feather-brained Bassanio. Though, there are some explanations an old-fashioned man like himself is simply better off not knowing…