There aren’t many berry bushes where I’m from.””And just where would that be?”His hand paused on a berry like it was a monumental decision whether to pluck it or not. He finally pulled and explained he was from a small town in the southernmost part of Morringhan. When I asked the name, he said it was very small and had no name….”A town with no name? Really? How very odd.” I waited for him to scramble, and he didn’t disappoint me.”It’s only a region. A few scattered dwellings at most. We’re farmers there. Mostly farmers. And you? Where are you from?”…I took the berry still poised in his fingers and popped it in my mouth. Where was I from? I narrowed my eyes and smiled. “A small town in the northernmost part of Morrighan. Mostly farmers. Only a regions, really. A few scattered dwellings. At most. No name.”He couldn’t restrain a chuckle. “Then we come from opposite but similar worlds, don’t we?

There aren’t many berry bushes where I’m from.””And just where would that be?”His hand paused on a berry like it was a monumental decision whether to pluck it or not. He finally pulled and explained he was from a small town in the southernmost part of Morringhan. When I asked the name, he said it was very small and had no name….”A town with no name? Really? How very odd.” I waited for him to scramble, and he didn’t disappoint me.”It’s only a region. A few scattered dwellings at most. We’re farmers there. Mostly farmers. And you? Where are you from?”…I took the berry still poised in his fingers and popped it in my mouth. Where was I from? I narrowed my eyes and smiled. “A small town in the northernmost part of Morrighan. Mostly farmers. Only a regions, really. A few scattered dwellings. At most. No name.”He couldn’t restrain a chuckle. “Then we come from opposite but similar worlds, don’t we?

– Mary E. Pearson –

The Kiss of Deception

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