So plastic neuticles were invented to take their place. The vet is supposed to install them — they come in pairs, you understand — when the originals are removed.

They took me to her and then we all came back to the portal, where we started playing tarot. As we were engrossed in this game, which requires quite a lot of attention, a well-dressed man appeared and seemed to examine us all closely, first one then another.

My hair had two months of roots exposed. My brows were overgrown. I was a hot mess. And I was fat.

Among dioecious species and genera in the Cape flora, there is a higher than expected incidence of wind pollination, fleshy fruits, and nonwoodiness when each variable is analyzed independently.