God made Man, in his image; and He made him from clay. He baked Man in a fire so that his shape would be set, and let him loose upon the world. But God made other things too: animals, birds, fish. And he only had one fire hot enough to bake them all. Things move in a fire, they change and warp, and every good ceramicist knows, what you put into your kiln is not always what you get out.
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Aki grabbed his fingers out of the door only just before he slammed his fingers in it, then growled as he