The Gate to Women’s Country

The one sure part of every plan is that it will be set awry.

Honor is only a label they use for what they want you to do, Chernon. They want you to stay, so they call staying honorable.

“We have a saying, we travelers: ‘For a man’s business, go to your troupe leader; for a woman’s business, go to Women’s Country. For a fool’s business, go to the warriors.’”

The extent of my ignorance oppresses me.

We obey orders, and we don’t ask if the officer is crazy or not!

Myra subsided into outraged and sulky silence. Her romantic dream of motherhood had been riven into sharp-edged fragments by late-night feedings, constant diaper washing, and a baby who persisted in looking and acting like a baby, not like a young hero.