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Bertha Roberts
Bertha Roberts is recorded in 1 distinct story.
Ralph’s deceased mother. The present figure uses her appearance as a supernatural disguise; her historical existence and birthday gift are Ralph’s memories.
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Insomnia
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4 Bertha Roberts sat in her bentwood rocker about five feet beyond where the sidewall of the Cherokee’s cockpit had been, knitting and rocking back and forth on thin air a mile or more above the ground. The slippers Ralph had given her for her fiftieth birthday—lined with real mink, they had been, how goofy—were on her feet.
Ralph’s deceased mother. The present figure uses her appearance as a supernatural disguise; her historical existence and birthday gift are Ralph’s memories.
A remembered person whose appearance is used as a supernatural disguise.