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I hadn't realized you knew Deforest, or else I missed your saying so.

For a moment - only a moment! - I felt that dreadful sinking when one sees the worst is coming. Or simply dread.

He took something from me; I've been stranded in this entropic fucking marriage -

Well. What if he took something I think I might value beyond measure?

[...]

What if. So many 'what ifs', but then I remembered that I'm thinking of Deforest, but not of Nova.

Would my Vevay ever, after all we've spoken? Could I imagine you doing anything like that?

Not to me, no, but as well, not to anyone else.

All at once, I felt warm again - confident.

Why am I so certain of you?