DNA is what makes your genes. Fuck, I barely remember biology class, but I think the way my textbook said it was... that DNA is the alphabet of your body, and genes are the words arranged to make the story of you. [ That sounds stupid, but she can't tell if it's because it's wrong (entirely possible, if not probable), or because it's a trite, catchy sentence designed to help teenagers pass science exams. At least she thinks it gets the idea across. ] I'm sure there's someone around here who knows way better'n me. Anyway, the idea of messin' with DNA is a big fight in my world. It's too close to playin' god. No good ever comes from playin' god. Present company excluded.

[ Really, she would have kept Roach Two if not for the fact that she had already had stumbled into ownership of multiple other horses first. She'd been meaning to sell off the mare that carried Lloyd and Nadine to Nott anyway, and it was actually easier to sell the pair of them than it would have been to sell just the one. ] Between Pearl and Roach Two, I made back about half. But I can't leave until I... I have to get better at magic. Nott's the only place that we know of where this kind is popular. It'll be too hard to get help in Cadens.

[ She doesn't quite know why she's so determined to learn it, except that Nadine is so sure she can do it. Very few people in Julie's life have ever believed that she had the capability to do something skilled like that. ]