Turtle-people tie Betty to the stake. They burn her.<\/p>\n
If I had to explain what was wrong with the world, with Hans or without him; if you asked me why there are wolves and scissors, why there are evil prophets and killer nannies, why there are cruelties and thefts and suffering and wicked gods \u2014<\/p>\n
If you asked me why the world needs fixing <\/i>\u2014<\/p>\n
I would trace it back to this. To Betty\u2019s burning.<\/p>\n
Things were always pretty bad on Earth, you know, what with all the genocide and the torture, but that <\/i>was the moment when it just plain became completely obvious that the world was gone all wrong.<\/p>\n
The turtle-people don\u2019t mind it, though, not really. They don\u2019t even seem to care.<\/p>\n
They just laughed and danced, as if to say:<\/p>\n
Where is your theodicy now?<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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