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A Web of Every Color
Like everyone else in her village floating on the river, Simi is just a normal person. She spends her days tending her garden and weaving with her sister Zera. But what she really wants is to convince their irresponsible, widowed brother-in-law to marry her so she can keep an eye on his young son. What could be more reasonable?
But when Simi, Zera, and their nephew flee a fire in the night, they end up downstream--lost among the river's many branches. They approach a camp of nomads to ask for help finding home. Instead Simi encounters an old flame. Perhaps they argue a little, perhaps they break a magic vase. And perhaps the vase's maker curses them to feel each other's pain until...well, until they can figure out how to break the spell.
But when Simi, Zera, and their nephew flee a fire in the night, they end up downstream--lost among the river's many branches. They approach a camp of nomads to ask for help finding home. Instead Simi encounters an old flame. Perhaps they argue a little, perhaps they break a magic vase. And perhaps the vase's maker curses them to feel each other's pain until...well, until they can figure out how to break the spell.