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A girl says nothing.
A girl keeps her mouth closed.
No one hears,
and friends may talk in secret, yes?
A boy becomes a girl.
I was always a girl.
And I was always aware.
But the girl keeps secrets.
It is not for a man to spoil them.
You're one of them now.
I should have let you burn.
And you fetch water for one of them now.
Why is this right for you and wrong for me?
I didn't have a choice.
You did. I did.
And here we are.
A man pays his debts.
A man owes three.
Three what?
The Red God takes what is his, lovely girl.
And only death may pay for life.
You saved me and the two I was with.
You stole three deaths from the Red God.
We have to give them back.
Speak three names
and the man will do the rest.
Three lives I will give you
no more, no less, and we're done.
I can name anyone
and you'll kill him?
A man has said.
The one who tortures everyone.
A man needs a name.
I don't know his name.
They call him the Tickler.
That is enough.
Go now, girl. Your master is thirsty.