The phone rebounds off the hook so Nancy has to put it down again, damn it, can’t she even get a storm-off right? Stupid council. Stupid Cuill.<\/p>\n
“Did I tell you,” says her mother, kneading bread dough, “about that book I read? A history of the Rutulians.”<\/p>\n
“No, Mom.” The flush is still high in Nancy’s cheeks.<\/p>\n
“Fascinating people.” She pauses to wipe her forehead, streaking it with flour. “Their word for ‘oppose’ was the same as ‘perpetuate.'”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, thanks. And their word for ‘smartass?'” She’s proud of that, for a moment.<\/p>\n
“Oh,” Mom says, “they just used ‘Nancy.'”<\/p>\n
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