Challenge #05045-M296: Trade Secret

They were born a Hellkin. But they had unusual horns that grew in, in the fall as deer-like antlers that, when shed in the spring, turned to beautiful crystal. They turned these into wind chimes and sun-catchers, which sold well. -- BKF

There's a lot of mythos surrounding Hellkin. A huge volume of it is wrong. The one about vampires and witches breeding to make Hellkin is a complete canard. The one about their feet striking sparks and lighting fires on the ground is obviously false. The one about magical protection from a piece of Hellkin horn is pure, unadulterated speciesism.

The one about Hellkin all having lifelong horns, Allure learned, was not necessarily true. Their first pair fell off after the first month of Autumn when Allure was six. The short nubs shattered on the ground as rainbow crystal. Allure cried at the time. First, because they thought they would never have horns again, and second because the sharp shards cut their fingers.

They were greatly relieved when their horns started to grow back towards the end of Winter.

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