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Part two of Do Unto Me, a short story set in my Winterfur world.

Rated Teen+ for mild swearing and adult situations you might find on prime time TV.

Things to Note: For those curious, gaol is just an earlier form of "jail".

As calling someone a female canine or a son of a female canine wouldn't be insulting or vulgar in the Winterfur world, the term skatch was invented to replace it (and conveniently, allow my characters to swear without risking offending sensitive readers). Skatch refers to the female of a nonsentient pet mammal that takes the place of real world dogs. It is probably descended from what would be in our world a now-extinct prehistoric canine.

Koro is a real world fear rooted in China and common in Southeast Asia. Sufferers believe that their external genitals (and in some women, the nipples) are shrinking with the feared outcome of the shrinking body parts vanishing entirely and followed by death (non-Chinese sufferers may skip the fear of death). Koro in both the real world and the Winterfur world is considered a delusion rather than an actual physical shrinkage. As Skady had been caught literally with his pants down, Baksrit planted a suggestion in his mind via spell that he now had koro due to his sexual assaults. As of Do Unto Me, Baksrit's suggestion has long since been replaced by Skady's own belief.

Story and characters ©2011 Marvin E. Fuller