#809; The Remainder of the Starhorse

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#809; The Remainder of the Starhorse
[[The Fisherman is speaking to the Horse Head under glass]] / Fisherman: So listen here, starhorse? / Horse Head: Well, more of a linehorse now. But yes? / Fisherman: Do you, in truth, actually possess the power to grant wishes?
Horse Head: With my brethren, yes. But alone, I can only one-fifth grant wishes. / Fisherman: Ah! So if I were to ask for five million dollars, I might still get one? / Horse Head: Kind of like that. You would get five million fifth-dollars.
Horse Head: Like, bills, but only one-fifth of each bill. Or sacks and sacks of wedge-shaped coins. No vending machine will take them. If you ask for gold, you get sulfur. If you ask for health, you will be rendered one-fifth healthy. In most cases this is actually worse than when you started.
Fisherman: Could I wish to be ruler of the earth? I will settle for ruling merely one-fifth! / Horse Head: You will probably be made comptroller of the entire thing. But hey, if you like paperwork, go nuts.

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{{header: the rules of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: If you ask for a pizza, you get a whole pizza that's only one-fifth baked. If you ask for a fifth of Scotch, you just get the mash. If you ask for five minutes to think, you get five minutes of sitting through loud, off-key humming.}}

If you ask for a pizza, you get a whole pizza that's only one-fifth baked. If you ask for a fifth of Scotch, you just get the mash. If you ask for five minutes to think, you get five minutes of sitting through loud, off-key humming.