The Story of a Woman Called Shonen

People who live near wells would have actually been healthier people, happier people. They'd be smarter, more alert, brighter people because they had less chance of nutrient deficiencies. If you drank from Conlon's well, you became a very intelligent, wise, happy, healthy person with all the vitality of life in you. Shonen wanted to go right down to where the bubbles come from and she grabs them for a split second. She receives all the artistic inspiration more than any human has ever had but she took too much, and the other world wasn't having it. The gods and the goddesses of the other world said who the fuck does she think she is, coming all the way down