Fat Can't Be Crowned Luna
I flinched so hard the pain in my ribs flared bright, and a young woman stepped into view from a chair near the window I hadn't even registered was occupied.
Warm-faced, dark curls pulled back loosely, sleeves rolled to the elbow like she'd been in the middle of something practical when I stirred.
She didn't react to the flinch at all.
Didn't soften her voice into something performative, didn't look at me like I'd done something strange.
Just smiled, easy, like flinching was a completely reasonable thing a person might do and she wasn't going to make it a moment.
"I'm Briony," she said. "Healer. Well — healer in training, if we're being precise, but nobody's died on my watch yet, so I'm coun