Quasar

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The Taker

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Most people give her a single eye. This is within the rules, so she accepts, with a quiet warning. They nod, not understanding. Others try to be clever, and give her an appendix, or a spleen, or even hair. These she does not bother to warn. They will return soon enough, she knows, offering a hand, or a foot, or even a leg.

Dark FantasyAbuseRestrained Prose

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Bodily AutonomySecondary WorldFast PacedDreadHorrorUnsettlingSacrificeDark

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gore

Quasar links out; the story lives on Nightmare, where the author gets the click.