They danced at the end of the world.
The caretaker doll was afraid her new owner was going to replace her.
She challenges every would-be suitor, and is annoyed that she always wins.
A thief takes a job that turns out to be far more than he bargained for when he wakes up as a doll girl, compelled to follow the orders of the woman that was his target.
It is in the nature of a doll to have an owner. But that does not mean that the doll will like it.
Scattered thoughts about a wounded adventurer who finds an old, abandoned shrine to a forgotten goddess.
The mercenary, in time-honored tradition, was trying to impress the civilian.