"Sentiment and Laughter"
"A cross-moral game? Ambiguity between natural enemies? A wolf falling in love with a little lamb?"
"I really like her."
"Really? She bit you and you still like her?"
"Just bite it back. It's almost painful anyway. I don't owe anyone anything. I'm going to settle on this person."
In a game within a game, within a game within a game, the eldest lady's business seems to be a sure profit, but Officer Xi is not a lamb who saves green grass.
One year and another and another. Who bit whom?
Old article: "Floating"
Short Story: "Numerology"
Old article: "Blue Sky"