"I'm thinking of becoming a witch."
"That's nice," said the witch.
"To learn the mysteries of life and death-"
"Ugly."
"Pardon?"
"Birth is ugly, more often than not," the witch said. "Death too. Mystery revealed."
"Then why be a witch?"
"Ugly isn't the same as bad. It just is."
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