She and Coz had talked at length about why she kept the stolen objects separate from the rest of her life: because using them would imply greed or self-interest, because leaving them untouched made it seem as if she might one day give them back, because piling them in a heap kept their power from leaking away.

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"If they stop something just because one child has an adverse effect at the end of the day medicine and the world just doesn't go on, " she said.

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