I don't know... I don't think she's supposed to look like that.

She's just a baby, for fuck's sake.

How long do they stay infants?

On my side of the family? Lifetimes.

Yeah, mine too.

I guess we could try extrapolating. When did you tempt your first human?

Must have been right around the Crusades.

No, I mean... how long after you were created?

I'm not sure when I was created.

Were we created?

She certainly was, don't you think?

Yes. She looks like the both of us.

Yes. In a strangely human way.

leslie powell

4 july 2005

minnetonka, mn