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She offered to row the old wizard and the young king out on the lake. When a hand emerged from the water, holding a sword aloft, the king took the sword. And she took hold of the hand, let herself be pulled down, down.The Lady of the Lake breathed air into her lungs with a laugh."You again?"#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories #Arthuriana

** Mea culpa.A lot of readers on multiple platforms have let me know they didn't get this.He's my thinking:The halberdier (bodyguard soldier holding a huge axe) is having a stroke, (heart failure). Drooping face is a telltale sign.In a moment, he'll collapse forward, bringing the halberd down on the newly crowned king, killing him. But! A stroke is not a heart failure, so the subtle clue I felt clever about is actively misleading. I failed to do my research.I apologise for that.**

"This is demeaning," one robot said. "With this, you mean queueing to have our eyes inspected?" the robot behind it in line said. "We all have multi-colour LEDs fitted.""Yes, software-controlled ones. They don't automatically glow red if we turn evil.""Looks good on you though.""Thanks."#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories