Zachariah, Zachariah, ' whispers Rachel, casting a practised eye over the back of his head and down the length of him, from the shoulder blades where his wings once grew, epochs ago, in some other guise: angel–guardian, avenging–or great vagrant bird– Daurian Jackdaw, Chimney Swift, Pacific Loon!

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