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ll find our way back into each other’s arms. But I am not the sam

’t go

deep and even. But through the dark of the weight of

d buckles. A black h

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me person I wa

now who or wha

oes. And because I let myself trust him, I

o the skies, speeding past the moons of St

us a lunar. We will make it clear to th

he coordinates and

deck, looking out at the stars. A meteor shower is goi

n, but not often. The lights on the planet are so br

is an endless supply

rvation deck is already occupied, she hesitates. She was looking for solitude, bu

p on the seat across from her. “I still can’t get used

fully loud,” I say

says, looking out the view port. “So much motion, so

may be rocketing through space, but everyt

or a while, just looking

he asks after a f

ask without l

ou’re a

from their gaze out th

. So calmly. Like they don’t

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to do what you did unl

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ast N

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im,” I say the word

My heart hurts.

r is inside me

, calm, collected, elegant way of hers. She doesn’t like me, but she hasn’t ex

talking about,” I say, sti

turning in her head, putting things together, mak

ve. But she hesitates and I feel her eyes on me. “Lying to yourself, worst of all. No one a

pretend like I didn’t hear her. I keep staring at the

her words keep echoing back

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