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62 Natasha’s Departure What good is a story without a heroine, hobbled or not? As we begin to end her with a device, we give her a claim to invention ‘cos she was a reflection back. Tale’s a screen for her to step into and occupy. Even reluctant, she’s queenish and flimsy and then, poof, the balloon let loose into the atmosphere, a neck that blossoms into air: primarycolored and curvine. ...

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