A Wielder Does Not Know Regret — Katherine Karch

You settle in beside the child. Her pulse is rapid and weak beneath your fingers as you bring your thoughts to the focal point of the girl’s origin. You set yourself like a fulcrum in the space between what is yet to come and what has passed, and stretch.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 04 August 2023.
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