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Apr. 5th, 2007

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Fic: Blood Oranges, 1/1

Blood Oranges 1/1
Author: The Black Mare
Rating: FRT
Spoilers: up to “Hush” and AU from there
Distribution: just let me know where it’s going
Feedback: bigblackmare@yahoo.com
Author’s Notes: This story is a belated contribution to Antennapedia's "Rupertus Domesticus" ficathon, which is actually more like an anthology, because she is so merciful about deadlines. Thanks gobs to Antenna and M for beta help with this. Those who wish to refresh their memories of “Mowgli’s Brothers” by Rudyard Kipling can do so here, courtesy of the Guttenburg Project: http://www.xs4all.nl/~vangeijt/junglebook/mowglisbrothers.html
The EU declared the blood orange’s native terrain in Sicily a protected geographic area because until quite recently, it was the only place where these oranges grow. Blood oranges are now cultivated in California [the Moro variety] and Texas [the Tarocco variety]. These orchards are quite new, and didn’t exist during Giles’s time in Sunnydale.

As he set the last eerily beautiful orange down on his kitchen counter and tidied away the grocery bag, Giles thought about the volcano. )