Dragon On a Pedestal (2012)
“Glory Goblin “I am the youngest and prettiest and sweetest daughter of Gorbage Goblin, chief of the Gapside Goblins,” Glory repeated as she delicately chewed on the blackberries, grayberries, brownberries, guavas, and sugarplums Hugo conjured for her appetite. “I am in love with a wonderful creature.”
“Love—that’s poin-ant or peek-ant?” Ivy asked.
“Wonderfully sad,” Glory said firmly.
“Love isn’t sad,” Ivy said, thinking of her family. She was glad for this chance to rest, since she wasn’t used to walking the long distances she had covered in the past two days. “My father says love is fun, and my mother says it depends on the time of day.”
Glory smiled. “They surely know. But you see, this is forbidden love. That makes it sad.”
“How can love be forbidden?” Hugo asked. “My father says anything is possible with magic, except maybe paradox, and he’s working on that.”
“What is possible is not necessarily permissible,” Glory said. “Love really shouldn’t be forbidden.
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