#relevant to me bc the idea of elizabeth onto whom the monstrous is committed becoming the monster is appealing + the idea of who god truly

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Look well into your past,” said the rider, “and you will know whom God loved.” I thought of Cain, his body a web of scabs. How he mourned because his mark kept him from settling among his own. Everywhere children chased him, shrieking “Gaal!” The ruthless elegance of his punishment. He would learn to dwell among the beasts. To be always itinerant.

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Cain was the murderer but Abel was the monster.

Monster Portraits by Sofia Samatar