NOTE: I’m usually a stickler for listening to style guides. But I deeply disagree that ‘Dammit’ or Damn it’ should be the correct spelling for ‘Damnit’. I view it as a portmanteau. A word that combines two or more words while maintaining some or all of the meaning of the parts. So, just a note to let readers know it’s intentional.

NOTE: For Liadháin’s chronic illness I used symptoms I’m all too familiar with. ME/CFS and Long Covid rob people of their lives and it’s honestly horrific. The actual symptoms of iron poisoning are:

• feeling very tired all the time (fatigue)
• weight loss.
• weakness.
• joint pain.
• an inability to get or maintain an erection (erectile dysfunction)
• irregular periods or stopped or missed periods.
• Brain fog, mood swings, depression and anxiety.