Friday, January 25, 2008

A beginning, scribbled on a post-it

When Maya was born, nothing happened.

The doctor looked around the room desperately. The baby's mother, Minaella, was too exhausted to notice his panic. But in his hospital greens, standing by the door with a high-quality recorder glowing with the faint steady pulse of magic, Argus de Seo paled at the implications.

His first-born child was a Null.

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