I held my father while he died. It was all I could do, but I whispered fiercely, "Father, I'll get your sword back one day. One day when he least expects it." I'm not sure Father could hear me by then, but I never forgot my promise.

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K.C. Shaw's fiction has appeared in numerous magazines, including Fictitious Force, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and Renard's Menagerie. Her website is http://www.randomsoftware.com/kshaw/fiction.html.

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