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Characters: Polly, Mal Disclaimer: The author makes no claim to owning the rights of anything to do with Terry Pratchett or Discworld.
Smoke and Roses
Polly had heard a voice described as "smokey" before, by a lady back in the Duchess who wore too much pink for her age, but had only imagined the voice of someone who never parted with his pipe, cracked and husky, a damaged voice. It took two years of listening to Mal joke, threaten, cajole, report, howl before she could bring into focus that quality of the sound that reached into something irrational in her. 'Like smoke,' she breathed, understanding; and she inhaled it from Mal's lips, Maladicta's, all rose and rotting hearts, feeling the tug right in her soul. |