Tan

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For all we know Sara Tan is a grizzled old war vet in underwear shouting "get off my lawn".

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  • When Tan-Tan is seven years old, her father, Antonio, is forced to confront his wife's adultery; he manages to go behind Granny Nanny's back by befriending a group of people that use “headblind” houses, houses that have no eshu, into which Granny Nanny cannot see. —  Strange Horizons Aug '01
  • Tan-Tan becomes both “good Tan-Tan,” who does as she's told and loves her Daddy, and “bad Tan-Tan,” the Robber Queen who makes “strong men quiver in their boots when she pass by,” whom no one can hurt. —  Strange Horizons Aug '01
  • This time Tan-Tan is armed with a birthday present, a long, sharp hunting knife. —  Strange Horizons Aug '01
  • The town Tan-Tan is living in has vigilante justice, and self-defense is not considered a mitigating circumstance. —  Strange Horizons Aug '01
  • Tan-Tan is saved from hanging by a douen (an indigenous sentient species) named Chichibud, who had befriended her the first night after she had arrived on New Half-Way Tree. —  Strange Horizons Aug '01
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