The Soulless Daughter

If you ever saw Keyri joyously caring for her parents’ farm animals, you’d think she was the most kind-hearted soul you’d ever come across. And yet when the villagers saw she had neither heart nor soul, but was made of wood, linen, and clockwork cogs, they fearfully chased her away. To be like them, to be accepted, she needs to find a soul. But souls aren’t so easily acquired.