"Please," said the man, "can you do magic to make me be kind?"
"No," said the witch. "Magic cannot change anyone's nature."
"So there is no hope for me?"
"You ask the wrong question. Kind is not something you are. It is what you do."
"Is it that simple?"
"It is that hard."
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@MicroSFF this feels very much like Granny Weatherwax
@DocBohn @MicroSFF I had the same thought. Her conversation with Mightily Oats on the nature of sin in Carpe Jugulum has become a fixed point on my moral compass.