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“No.”

The teaspoon went into her pocket. She didn’t know why. Later, she would understand: some objects become talismans not because they are special, but because they were present. The spoon had witnessed. That made it sacred. veta antonova

She was nineteen when she crossed into Romania through a gap in the fence that no one else noticed. The fence was a joke, really—barbed wire strung between concrete posts, meant to keep people in, not out. But Veta had learned that all borders are lies written in metal. A lie can be bent. really—barbed wire strung between concrete posts

“You’re not Romanian,” he said one afternoon, leaning against the counter while she swept the floor. meant to keep people in