"Result of a dalliance" might be the answer, but I don't think Cora can say that without at least in spirit contradicting "no one wants your women".
"Result of a dalliance" might be the answer, but I don't think Cora can say that without at least in spirit contradicting "no one wants your women".
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
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