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Grounded
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6 Grounded As punishment for my venial sins, I was taken to the local inquisition—a tribunal of smiling housewives who asked not a single question but consigned me to a stint in a contraption called a reincarnation machine. I sprouted green scales on my cheeks suffered the loss of arms, dwindling to a four-legged creature— an infernal cross between reptile and dog condemned to scuttle with jaw on pavement— an onslaught of unexpected dangers. It’s how I came to know my kind, the ones who wander out in the cold. ...