I blew that clay pigeon to ...

I blew that clay pigeon to smithereens. I don't know why Mum got so upset. According to Uncle Andrew she's a crack shot herself. But she says I'm too young. What I'd like to know is how old does a person have to be before they get to do all the fun stuff?
 R.L. LaFevers

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I bear a deep red stain that runs from my left shoulder down to my right hip, a trail left by the herbwitch's poison that my mother used to try to expel me from her womb.
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Tis Vanth's cage. You can just move it out of the way." "I already have," he grumbles. "With my shin.
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