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<p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t put that there,&rdquo; Margaret was saying.</p> <p>&ldquo;What? Why? I have steel and coal…&rdquo; Diana protested.</p> <p>&ldquo;That route is only open in the train era.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;Yeah, those don&rsquo;t exist yet,&rdquo; Evelyn added. &ldquo;Were you even paying attention to that hour-long explanation of how to pla...</p>

<p>&ldquo;… and then the miners get a purse for doing those calculations,&rdquo; the man was saying.</p> <p>&ldquo;A purse?&rdquo; Another man said disgustedly.</p> <p>&ldquo;You know,&rdquo; he responded, &ldquo;like, a pot. A reward.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;A prize!&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;Like, a stuffed unicorn?&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;A goldfish in a bag?&rdquo;</p> <p>The man was presen...</p>

<p>&ldquo;So I said to him,&rdquo; Evelyn was saying, &ldquo;&rsquo;there are people who love him, and people who <em>know</em> him. They aren&rsquo;t the same people!&rsquo;&rdquo;</p> <p>Frank covered his mouth as he laughed.</p> <p>&ldquo;God, that&rsquo;s so true,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>&ldquo;I know how this works,&rdquo; Evelyn continued. &ldquo;This &lsquo;Cult of Persona...</p>

<p>The three of them had a lot on their minds. The concepts and implications of this whole business took a great deal of mental energy. It was exciting to have guidance, to embrace the novelty of a new way of thinking. It was also exhausting.</p> <p>None of them had more on their m...</p>

<p>The training began. It began organically. The numbers just worked out - three young women, three witches. They paired off, each woman heading out with a witch of her choosing. Diana had her rather mysterious and nervous-making appointment with Lilith. Evelyn and Svetlana emb...</p>