IMPOSED/DISCOVERED: HOW THEY MADE THE MANTICORE. Anthropomorfic the second. Good grief, two rabidly conservative ficlets in a row! I had better post “Power/Freedom” right quick. …Anyway, this one is actually a snippet from a much longer piece, a fantasy-of-manners thing called “The White Darkness.” But this section gives you the heart of the story. These characters will likely recur in other ficlets. Their names, if you’re wondering, are Alazon and Virgule; but the names didn’t really fit into this bit, so for now they are just she and he.