--- related: - "[[2021-08-11 Succulent (DRAFT)]]" ---%% universe:: [[Verraine]] time:: after [[2021-11-10 Vapid (MF)]], before [[The Dead King's Daughter]] status:: complete, shipped to [[The Iceberg]] market:: [[Inkblood]], [twitter](https://twitter.com/EleanorKonik/status/1404104957717057542) protagonist:: [[Chaghalka]] mentions:: location:: length:: microfiction pitch:: character-arc:: child:: [[2021.08.11a Beauty in the cactus and the rose]] %% “There is nothing succulent about these women,” the conqueror lamented as he surveyed his scowling, battle-scarred captives. “Nothing soft.” His native guide offered an incredulous stare before mastering himself. “Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there, sir.” ## Connections - Inspired by [[The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor]] and the whole “Greeks didn’t know what to do with warrior women” thing, particularly the myth of whoever it was that married Theseus, the Amazon who went off to live with the Greeks and who was domesticated.