Antagonist - Childe Cycle 11
“He and the woman he had known as Gelica Costanza had moved there for privacy, leaving her friends, the Others and the Soldiers behind.
The woman, who had been standing with her back to him, turned, and looked at him for a long moment.
"Deborah," she said quietly, finally. "Only Deborah." "Then you really are an Exotic," he said, referring to that culture's tendency to use single names.
"Of sorts," she said. "And from Kultis rather than Mara." "You're also an Other, I think," he said.
"No," she ...said. "Not as you now use the term." "What do you mean?" "Like you, I'm a crossbreed," she said, "as are all of my comrades—" "Exotic," he interrupted, "and—Dorsai?" "That's the sort of deduction I'd expect you to make," she said, sounding exasperated. "I know about your bunch by now: you only anoint people as 'Others' if they're crossbreeds from the three main Splinter Cultures, the Exotics, the Friendlies or the Dorsai." "'Anoint'?" he said. "Why the hostility?" "As it happens," she said, ignoring his question, "I was raised on Kultis, but my mother was actually from Newton." "And your father?" "I never knew him," she said.MoreLess
The woman, who had been standing with her back to him, turned, and looked at him for a long moment.
"Deborah," she said quietly, finally. "Only Deborah." "Then you really are an Exotic," he said, referring to that culture's tendency to use single names.
"Of sorts," she said. "And from Kultis rather than Mara." "You're also an Other, I think," he said.
"No," she ...said. "Not as you now use the term." "What do you mean?" "Like you, I'm a crossbreed," she said, "as are all of my comrades—" "Exotic," he interrupted, "and—Dorsai?" "That's the sort of deduction I'd expect you to make," she said, sounding exasperated. "I know about your bunch by now: you only anoint people as 'Others' if they're crossbreeds from the three main Splinter Cultures, the Exotics, the Friendlies or the Dorsai." "'Anoint'?" he said. "Why the hostility?" "As it happens," she said, ignoring his question, "I was raised on Kultis, but my mother was actually from Newton." "And your father?" "I never knew him," she said.MoreLess
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