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“We protect her,” Alina had said. “From what?” Micky had asked. “From loneliness,” Alina replied. “And from people who take without asking.”
The other ran fast and clear — the Quick — and if you drank from it, you remembered a song you’d never heard before. alina & micky the big and the milky nadine
“Of course she knows,” Alina said. “She’s older than fear.” “We protect her,” Alina had said
And if you cupped your hands and drank from both at once, you could hear Nadine laughing somewhere deep underground, swirling her milky skirts, already planning the next century’s weather. “And from people who take without asking
Now, the Milky Nadine was not a person. Not exactly. It was a lagoon — a strange, circular body of water tucked between three hills that looked like sleeping elephants. By day, the lagoon was ordinary: greenish, fishy, home to turtles that wore algae like capes. But by night, when the fog rolled in and the moon was just shy of full, the lagoon’s surface turned opalescent — white and thick as warm milk. That’s when the Nadine woke .
Micky pulled off her left boot, then her right. “Then we do the big thing.”