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00:00:00I remember the exact moment the world went dark.

00:00:03Not because of my eyes.

00:00:05My eyes had already been useless for three years by then.

00:00:09The world went dark the morning I discovered that the man I had leaned on, trusted completely,

00:00:15clung to with both hands in the middle of a crowded and indifferent city, was not a pole at all.

00:00:21He was the most dangerous alpha in all of Valon's city.

00:00:25He was the head of the Vale family, and he had let me hold on without saying a single word.

00:00:32Stay with me, because what happened between a blind Omega pastry chef and a crime lord on the 7.42

00:00:39morning train

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00:01:08The 7.42 morning train from Caldwell Station to the Mirren District was always the same.

00:01:14Packed to the doors with bodies pressed shoulder to shoulder,

00:01:18with the smell of coffee thermos lids and cheap cologne and rain-dampened coats,

00:01:24with the screech of wheels on old iron tracks that shuddered through your bones

00:01:28and made the overhead handrails rattle in their brackets.

00:01:32CL knew the train by sound and smell and vibration,

00:01:36the way a musician knows a song he has played ten thousand times.

00:01:40He knew the long exhale of the doors sliding open at Hawthorne Crossing.

00:01:46He knew the particular warmth that gathered near the rear compartment

00:01:49where the heating vent ran too hot in winter.

00:01:52He knew that the handrail to the left of the third rear door

00:01:56always swayed slightly northeast when the train banked into the Mirren Tunnel,

00:02:01which meant you had to compensate with your shoulder

00:02:03or you would stumble into the person beside you.

00:02:06He had been taking this train for 14 months,

00:02:09ever since he moved to this city and found work at the Aurelon Patisserie on Mirren High Street,

00:02:15where he was employed as a pastry chef,

00:02:17despite the fact that, as the hiring manager had so delicately phrased it during the interview,

00:02:23his condition presented certain unique operational challenges.

00:02:29CL had thanked her for her candor

00:02:31and then produced a plate of cardamom and saffron cream tarts he had made that morning

00:02:36by touch and memory

00:02:38and the particular geography of his own kitchen,

00:02:41and she had hired him on the spot.

00:02:45He was 26 years old.

00:02:47He had been blind since 23,

00:02:50the result of a degenerative condition

00:02:52that the doctors had watched with clinical sympathy

00:02:54for two years before it took his sight entirely

00:02:58on a Tuesday morning in early autumn

00:03:01while he was peeling peaches.

00:03:04He remembered the color of the peaches.

00:03:06He remembered not being able to see them suddenly.

00:03:11He did not like to think about that morning very often.

00:03:15What he had learned in the three years since

00:03:17was how to live inside a world drawn entirely from the other four senses.

00:03:23Sound was his map.

00:03:26Smell was his compass.

00:03:28Touch was his truth.

00:03:30He moved through the city with a white cane

00:03:33and a spatial memory so precisely cultivated

00:03:36that his co-workers at once watched him navigate the patisserie kitchen

00:03:40during a power outage without a single stumble,

00:03:43locating the vanilla extract,

00:03:45the unsalted butter and the cooling rack

00:03:48for the morning's croissants entirely by touch

00:03:51and the faint residual warmth of the ovens.

00:03:55His supervisor had stopped apologizing

00:03:57for forgetting to describe things out loud

00:04:00within the first two weeks.

00:04:02Ciel did not need to be described the world.

00:04:06He had rebuilt it from scratch inside his own mind.

00:04:10And it held.

00:04:11The only place Ciel still found difficulty was the train.

00:04:17Not because of navigation.

00:04:19He knew his route.

00:04:21What the train presented was a problem of bodies,

00:04:24of the unpredictable press of strangers who moved without pattern

00:04:28and took up space without warning

00:04:30and sometimes without meaning to,

00:04:34knocked the cane sideways

00:04:35or stepped into his path before he could hear them coming.

00:04:40He had learned to arrive at Caldwell Station

00:04:43precisely four minutes before the 742

00:04:46so he could board with the first wave

00:04:48and claim the position he preferred.

00:04:51Center compartment,

00:04:52left of the third rear door,

00:04:55right hand closed around the vertical handrail

00:04:58that rose from floor to ceiling

00:05:00and gave him a fixed anchor

00:05:02in the shifting sea of morning commuters.

00:05:05That was the position he took on a Wednesday morning

00:05:09in the third week of November

00:05:11when everything changed.

00:05:14He found the handrail without difficulty.

00:05:17His fingers closed around it at chest height

00:05:20the way they always did,

00:05:22adjusting for the slight cant of the train

00:05:24as it idled before departure.

00:05:26The doors had not yet closed.

00:05:29He could still hear the platform announcements,

00:05:32the automated voice telling passengers to

00:05:35mind the gap,

00:05:36the distant rumble of another train

00:05:38arriving on the parallel track.

00:05:40The compartment was filling.

00:05:43He could feel the air displacement of bodies

00:05:46moving past him,

00:05:47hear the particular shuffle of bags being adjusted

00:05:50and earbuds being inserted

00:05:53and the quiet, pre-morning coffee conversations

00:05:56of people who did not yet want to be awake.

00:06:00Then the doors closed.

00:06:02The train began to move.

00:06:04And CL noticed immediately

00:06:06that the handrail he was holding was wrong.

00:06:10It was not wrong in shape.

00:06:13It was round,

00:06:14the way handrails were round.

00:06:17And it was at the correct height.

00:06:19And when he closed his fingers around it,

00:06:22he felt the expected resistance

00:06:24of something solid and fixed.

00:06:26But there were two things the handrail

00:06:29was not doing that it always did.

00:06:32It was not swaying,

00:06:34not even slightly.

00:06:36The train was moving now,

00:06:38picking up speed through the Caldwell Tunnel.

00:06:40And the overhead rails were rattling

00:06:42in that familiar way.

00:06:43But the vertical rail he was holding

00:06:46was completely, impossibly still.

00:06:49And it was warm.

00:06:51Not metal warm.

00:06:53Not the faint ambient warmth

00:06:55that accumulated on a surface

00:06:56that had been enclosed

00:06:57in the heated compartment for some time.

00:07:00This was body warm.

00:07:02This was the deep, radiating heat

00:07:05of living tissue.

00:07:07And beneath his fingers,

00:07:09if he was very still

00:07:11and the train was not too loud,

00:07:13there was a pulse.

00:07:16CL went completely still.

00:07:19His mind ran through the geometry

00:07:21of the situation

00:07:22with the rapid,

00:07:23almost violent efficiency

00:07:25of a person

00:07:26who could not afford

00:07:27to misread spatial information.

00:07:29He was holding on to someone's arm.

00:07:32A very large someone's arm,

00:07:35given the circumference.

00:07:37He had gripped it

00:07:38at approximately the height

00:07:39where a forearm would be,

00:07:41just below the elbow.

00:07:42And the person to whom

00:07:44the arm belonged

00:07:45had not moved,

00:07:47had not pulled away,

00:07:49had not said a word.

00:07:50The arm was slightly

00:07:52in front of him

00:07:53and to the right,

00:07:54which meant the person

00:07:55was standing a few inches

00:07:57closer to the door

00:07:58than CL was,

00:07:59facing the same direction.

00:08:01And they were tall enough

00:08:02that the arm CL was gripping

00:08:04was entirely comfortable

00:08:05for them to hold out

00:08:07at that angle,

00:08:08which meant

00:08:09they were probably

00:08:10quite tall.

00:08:12The scent arrived

00:08:13a moment after the realization,

00:08:15as though his nose

00:08:16had needed

00:08:17the cognitive confirmation

00:08:18before it could

00:08:19process the input.

00:08:22Cedar.

00:08:23Dark cedar.

00:08:24Not the cheap cedar

00:08:25of department store sprays,

00:08:27but the real thing.

00:08:29Old and dry

00:08:30high and deep,

00:08:32overlaid with something

00:08:33cool and mineral

00:08:35like rain-washed stone.

00:08:37And beneath that,

00:08:39the unmistakable warmth

00:08:40of alpha pheromones,

00:08:43steady and quiet

00:08:44and extraordinarily controlled.

00:08:47Not broadcasting,

00:08:49not suppressed,

00:08:51simply present

00:08:52the way a mountain

00:08:53is present.

00:08:54Without effort,

00:08:56without announcement,

00:08:58without any apparent awareness

00:08:59that it was doing something

00:09:01the rest of the carriage

00:09:02would inevitably register.

00:09:04He felt the other occupants

00:09:06of the compartment

00:09:07register it, actually.

00:09:08A faint but perceptible

00:09:11shift in the ambient

00:09:12energy around him.

00:09:13The subtle leaning away

00:09:15of bodies

00:09:16that did not consciously

00:09:18understand what they were doing,

00:09:19but were responding

00:09:21to the ancient

00:09:22chemical instruction

00:09:23that said,

00:09:24This alpha

00:09:25is at the top

00:09:26of the hierarchy.

00:09:27Give space.

00:09:29Do not crowd.

00:09:31Ciel did not give space.

00:09:34He was holding onto

00:09:35the man's arm

00:09:36with both hands now

00:09:37because the train

00:09:38had entered

00:09:38the hawthorne curve,

00:09:40and he had compensated

00:09:41instinctively,

00:09:43and his second hand

00:09:44had closed around the arm

00:09:45just below

00:09:46where the first was gripping,

00:09:48and the arm

00:09:49had still not moved,

00:09:50and the alpha

00:09:51had still not said

00:09:53a single word.

00:09:55He cleared his throat.

00:09:57Excuse me,

00:09:59Ciel said,

00:10:00quietly enough

00:10:00that he hoped

00:10:01the surrounding noise

00:10:03would buffer

00:10:03the humiliation.

00:10:05I believe I may have

00:10:07been holding your arm.

00:10:09Yes,

00:10:10said a voice.

00:10:11That was all.

00:10:13Just,

00:10:13yes.

00:10:15Delivered in a register

00:10:16so low,

00:10:17it seemed less like speech

00:10:19and more like

00:10:20the lowest possible

00:10:21vibration

00:10:22of a very large bell.

00:10:25Ciel felt it

00:10:26in his sternum.

00:10:28He loosened

00:10:29his fingers immediately.

00:10:31I apologize,

00:10:33he said.

00:10:34I'm visually impaired.

00:10:36I thought I was

00:10:37holding the rail.

00:10:38I'll find it.

00:10:39He extended

00:10:40one hand carefully,

00:10:42sweeping left

00:10:43to feel for

00:10:44the actual rail,

00:10:45but the train

00:10:46was swaying now,

00:10:47and there were

00:10:48too many bodies,

00:10:49and his cane

00:10:50was tucked under

00:10:51his left arm,

00:10:52and he was

00:10:53slightly off balance,

00:10:54and the arm

00:10:56he had released

00:10:57moved.

00:10:58Slowly,

00:10:59and without urgency,

00:11:01it shifted position

00:11:02until it was

00:11:03beside him

00:11:04instead of

00:11:05in front of him,

00:11:07and then

00:11:07a large hand,

00:11:09warm through

00:11:10the fabric

00:11:10of what felt

00:11:11like a very good coat,

00:11:13settled briefly

00:11:14on the outside

00:11:15of his shoulder

00:11:16and guided him

00:11:17a half step

00:11:18to the left.

00:11:19His fingers

00:11:20found the

00:11:21actual handrail,

00:11:22the one

00:11:23that swayed

00:11:24and was made

00:11:25of metal

00:11:25and did not

00:11:26have a pulse.

00:11:28Thank you,

00:11:30CL said.

00:11:31Hmm,

00:11:33said the voice.

00:11:34He did not

00:11:35speak again

00:11:36for the remainder

00:11:36of the journey.

00:11:38Neither

00:11:38did the Alpha,

00:11:40but when the train

00:11:41pulled into Mirren Station

00:11:42and the doors opened

00:11:43and the crowd

00:11:44compressed and shifted

00:11:46in that chaotic

00:11:47disembarkation

00:11:48that always cost

00:11:49CL three or four

00:11:50seconds of careful

00:11:51navigation,

00:11:53he felt the bodies

00:11:54around him part

00:11:55with unusual ease

00:11:57and he realized

00:11:59with a slightly

00:12:00dizzying certainty

00:12:01that the Alpha

00:12:03was still beside him

00:12:04and that the parting

00:12:05of the crowd

00:12:06was not coincidence.

00:12:08He stepped

00:12:09onto the platform.

00:12:11He heard the train

00:12:12doors close

00:12:12behind him.

00:12:14He stood

00:12:14for a moment

00:12:15with his cane

00:12:16getting his bearings,

00:12:17orienting himself

00:12:18by the smell

00:12:19of the newsstand

00:12:20and the sound

00:12:21of the escalator

00:12:22and the faint draft

00:12:24that came through

00:12:25the eastern exit.

00:12:27When he turned

00:12:28toward the eastern exit,

00:12:30the cedar and stone scent

00:12:31had already dissipated

00:12:33into the cold

00:12:33morning air.

00:12:35He went to work.

00:12:37He made

00:12:38240 individual

00:12:40pastry shells

00:12:41for the afternoon service.

00:12:42He crimped edges

00:12:44and filled

00:12:45molds by touch

00:12:46and baked

00:12:47by timer

00:12:48and smelled

00:12:49the caramelization

00:12:50as it happened

00:12:51and pulled

00:12:52each tray

00:12:52at exactly

00:12:53the right moment.

00:12:55His supervisor

00:12:56told him

00:12:57the shells

00:12:57were perfect,

00:12:58which was

00:12:59what she always said,

00:13:01because they

00:13:02always were.

00:13:03He thought

00:13:04about the voice

00:13:05on the train

00:13:06twice,

00:13:07once while piping

00:13:09custard

00:13:09and once

00:13:10while washing

00:13:11his hands

00:13:11before the lunch

00:13:12service

00:13:13when the warm

00:13:14water ran

00:13:14over his fingers

00:13:15and he was

00:13:17briefly,

00:13:18unwillingly

00:13:18aware

00:13:19of the memory

00:13:20of warmth

00:13:21that was not

00:13:22water

00:13:22and was not

00:13:23metal.

00:13:24He was,

00:13:26he told himself,

00:13:27being ridiculous.

00:13:29He took

00:13:30the 742

00:13:31the next morning.

00:13:32He took it

00:13:33the morning

00:13:34after that

00:13:34and the morning

00:13:36after that.

00:13:37He did not

00:13:38encounter the cedar

00:13:39and stone scent

00:13:40again.

00:13:42He told himself

00:13:43this was fine.

00:13:45He was not

00:13:46looking for it.

00:13:47He was not

00:13:48when he stepped

00:13:49into the third

00:13:50rear compartment

00:13:51and located

00:13:52the vertical

00:13:52handrail,

00:13:53spending any

00:13:54portion of his

00:13:55attention cataloging

00:13:57the pheromones

00:13:58in the air

00:13:58around him.

00:13:59He was simply

00:14:01commuting.

00:14:02He was simply

00:14:02going to work,

00:14:04the way he did

00:14:05every day.

00:14:06And whatever

00:14:07had happened

00:14:08on that Wednesday

00:14:09in November

00:14:09was an amusing

00:14:11anecdote he would

00:14:12eventually tell

00:14:13his friend Petra

00:14:14the next time

00:14:14she came for dinner

00:14:15and they would

00:14:16laugh about it

00:14:17and it would

00:14:18mean nothing

00:14:19at all.

00:14:21On a Monday

00:14:22morning three

00:14:22weeks later

00:14:23on a train

00:14:24so crowded

00:14:25the doors

00:14:25barely closed,

00:14:27CL felt the

00:14:28press of bodies

00:14:29shove him sideways

00:14:30at exactly the

00:14:31moment the train

00:14:32lurched through

00:14:33the Caldwell

00:14:33tunnel and his

00:14:35hand shot out

00:14:36for the rail

00:14:36and closed

00:14:37around the same

00:14:38wrongness as

00:14:39before.

00:14:41Round,

00:14:42still,

00:14:44warm,

00:14:45pulse.

00:14:47He did not

00:14:48let go.

00:14:49There was a

00:14:50particular quality

00:14:51to the silence

00:14:52that answered him

00:14:53this time,

00:14:54a silence that

00:14:55had texture,

00:14:57that felt deliberate

00:14:58rather than

00:14:59indifferent,

00:15:00as though the

00:15:01person on the

00:15:01other end of his

00:15:02grip was choosing

00:15:03not to speak,

00:15:04and that choosing

00:15:06had weight to it.

00:15:08You again,

00:15:10CL said after a

00:15:11moment.

00:15:12He was not sure

00:15:14what he had

00:15:14expected.

00:15:16Amusement,

00:15:17perhaps,

00:15:17or mild

00:15:18irritation,

00:15:19or the careful

00:15:20politeness of

00:15:21someone who did

00:15:22not want to

00:15:23embarrass a blind

00:15:24stranger on a

00:15:25crowded train.

00:15:26What he got

00:15:27was,

00:15:29you remembered.

00:15:31two words,

00:15:33low register,

00:15:34that same

00:15:35bell-deep

00:15:36vibration.

00:15:38CL's fingers

00:15:39tightened fractionally

00:15:40around the arm

00:15:41before he could

00:15:41make them stop.

00:15:43Your pheromone

00:15:44signature is

00:15:45distinctive,

00:15:45he said,

00:15:47which was true

00:15:48and also

00:15:49mortifying.

00:15:51The arm

00:15:52did not move.

00:15:53You can hold on,

00:15:55the voice said,

00:15:56if you need to.

00:15:58CL,

00:15:59who absolutely

00:16:00did not need to,

00:16:02said,

00:16:03thank you,

00:16:04and did not

00:16:05let go.

00:16:07This was how

00:16:08it began.

00:16:09Not with

00:16:10intention,

00:16:11not with

00:16:12design,

00:16:13not with the

00:16:14careful architecture

00:16:15of a decision

00:16:16made by a person

00:16:17who understood

00:16:18what they were

00:16:19doing and

00:16:19what it might

00:16:20become.

00:16:21It began

00:16:22with a crowded

00:16:23train and

00:16:24a missing

00:16:24handrail,

00:16:25and a hand

00:16:26that closed

00:16:27around something

00:16:28warm because

00:16:29the alternative

00:16:30was falling,

00:16:31and then

00:16:32kept holding

00:16:33on because

00:16:34something about

00:16:35the warmth

00:16:35was more reliable

00:16:37than the metal

00:16:38had ever been.

00:16:39His name,

00:16:40CL learned in

00:16:41fragments between

00:16:42train stations

00:16:43over the course

00:16:44of two weeks

00:16:45of shared

00:16:45mornings.

00:16:47He did not

00:16:47offer it on

00:16:48the second

00:16:48encounter.

00:16:50On the third

00:16:51morning,

00:16:51when CL boarded

00:16:52and found

00:16:53the arm

00:16:53already there,

00:16:54already extended

00:16:56at exactly

00:16:56the right

00:16:57angle and

00:16:58the right

00:16:58height,

00:16:59as though it

00:17:00had been

00:17:00positioned for

00:17:01him,

00:17:01he said,

00:17:02I don't

00:17:03know your

00:17:04name,

00:17:04and the

00:17:05voice said

00:17:05after a

00:17:06pause,

00:17:08Sorin,

00:17:09and CL

00:17:10said,

00:17:11CL,

00:17:12and Sorin

00:17:13said,

00:17:14I know,

00:17:16and CL

00:17:16said,

00:17:17how?

00:17:19And Sorin

00:17:20said,

00:17:20the man at

00:17:22the pastry

00:17:22shop calls

00:17:23you by name

00:17:24when you

00:17:24board the

00:17:25650 bus.

00:17:27That was

00:17:28the moment

00:17:28CL understood

00:17:30that Sorin

00:17:30was observant

00:17:31in a particular

00:17:32way,

00:17:33not the

00:17:34casual

00:17:34observation

00:17:35of someone

00:17:36who noticed

00:17:36things by

00:17:37accident,

00:17:38but the

00:17:39deliberate,

00:17:40systematic

00:17:40observation

00:17:41of someone

00:17:42who made

00:17:43it their

00:17:43business to

00:17:44know what

00:17:44was happening

00:17:45within a

00:17:46given radius

00:17:47at all

00:17:47times.

00:17:48He filed

00:17:50this away.

00:17:51He filed

00:17:52other things

00:17:53away,

00:17:53too.

00:17:54The quality

00:17:55of the

00:17:55coat,

00:17:55which was

00:17:56cashmere

00:17:57and very

00:17:58fine.

00:17:58The fact

00:17:59that Sorin

00:18:00never carried

00:18:01bags,

00:18:01which suggested

00:18:02he was not

00:18:03going to an

00:18:04ordinary

00:18:04office job.

00:18:06The particular

00:18:07stillness of

00:18:08him,

00:18:09a stillness

00:18:10that was not

00:18:11relaxed,

00:18:11but controlled.

00:18:13The stillness

00:18:14of something

00:18:15that could

00:18:15move very

00:18:16fast if

00:18:17it needed

00:18:17to.

00:18:18The way

00:18:19the crowd

00:18:19on the

00:18:20train

00:18:20unconsciously

00:18:21organized itself

00:18:22around Sorin,

00:18:23the way

00:18:23water

00:18:24organizes

00:18:25around a

00:18:25stone,

00:18:26flowing past

00:18:27without ever

00:18:28quite touching.

00:18:30And the

00:18:31pheromones.

00:18:32He cataloged

00:18:34those most

00:18:35carefully of

00:18:36all.

00:18:36Sorin's

00:18:37pheromones

00:18:38were not

00:18:39the brash

00:18:39territorial

00:18:40broadcast of

00:18:41the self-conscious

00:18:42alpha,

00:18:43the kind

00:18:44that said,

00:18:45notice me,

00:18:46fear me,

00:18:47yield.

00:18:48They were

00:18:49older than

00:18:50that,

00:18:51quieter.

00:18:52They said

00:18:53something more

00:18:53like,

00:18:54I am here,

00:18:56and I have

00:18:57always been

00:18:57here,

00:18:58and the

00:18:59question of

00:19:00whether you

00:19:00notice is

00:19:01not something

00:19:02that concerns

00:19:03me particularly.

00:19:04They said,

00:19:06category settled,

00:19:08hierarchy

00:19:08established,

00:19:10no further

00:19:10discussion

00:19:11required.

00:19:13Ciel was

00:19:14an omega.

00:19:15He was

00:19:16also a

00:19:17person who

00:19:18had spent

00:19:18three years

00:19:19recalibrating

00:19:20every sense

00:19:21he possessed

00:19:22to compensate

00:19:23for the one

00:19:24he had lost.

00:19:25And in that

00:19:26process,

00:19:27he had

00:19:27developed a

00:19:28relationship to

00:19:29smell that

00:19:30most sighted

00:19:31people never

00:19:31achieved.

00:19:33He could

00:19:34parse the

00:19:34emotional content

00:19:35of a room

00:19:36by its scent

00:19:37before he had

00:19:38been incited

00:19:39for 30

00:19:39seconds.

00:19:40He could

00:19:41smell

00:19:42anxiety

00:19:43and grief

00:19:44and attraction

00:19:45and deception

00:19:46the way

00:19:47other people

00:19:48read faces.

00:19:49What

00:19:50Soren's

00:19:50pheromone

00:19:51said,

00:19:52underneath all

00:19:53the authority

00:19:53and the

00:19:54quiet control,

00:19:56in the register

00:19:57that was not

00:19:57for public

00:19:58broadcast,

00:19:59but that

00:20:00Ciel's

00:20:00sharpened sense

00:20:01could detect

00:20:02if he was

00:20:02close enough

00:20:03and still

00:20:04enough,

00:20:05was something

00:20:06he had no

00:20:07clean language

00:20:08for.

00:20:09It was not

00:20:10possessiveness.

00:20:12It was not

00:20:12desire,

00:20:13exactly,

00:20:14though desire

00:20:15was somewhere

00:20:17in it.

00:20:18It was more

00:20:19like the

00:20:20scent of

00:20:21attention,

00:20:22like being

00:20:23looked at

00:20:23very carefully

00:20:24by someone

00:20:25who was not

00:20:26accustomed to

00:20:27looking carefully

00:20:28and was

00:20:29slightly surprised

00:20:30to find

00:20:30themselves doing

00:20:31it.

00:20:32Ciel thought

00:20:33about this

00:20:34on his way

00:20:35to work,

00:20:35standing at

00:20:36his station

00:20:37in the

00:20:37patisserie

00:20:38kitchen,

00:20:38his hands

00:20:39moving through

00:20:40their routines

00:20:41while his

00:20:41mind turned

00:20:42over the

00:20:43problem of

00:20:43Soren the

00:20:44way he might

00:20:45turn over

00:20:45a particularly

00:20:46complex piece

00:20:47of pastry

00:20:48work.

00:20:49He did not

00:20:50think he was

00:20:51imagining it.

00:20:52He had

00:20:52very good

00:20:53reasons to

00:20:54trust his

00:20:55nose.

00:20:56Petra came

00:20:57for dinner

00:20:58on a Thursday

00:20:58and he told

00:21:00her the train

00:21:00story and

00:21:01she did not

00:21:02laugh.

00:21:03She went

00:21:04very quiet

00:21:05in the way

00:21:05she went

00:21:06quiet when

00:21:07she was

00:21:07worried,

00:21:08which she

00:21:09expressed

00:21:09through the

00:21:10clattering of

00:21:11dishes and

00:21:11the aggressive

00:21:12pouring of

00:21:13wine.

00:21:15Ciel,

00:21:15she said,

00:21:17a man who

00:21:18stands on the

00:21:18same train

00:21:19every morning

00:21:20in the exact

00:21:21position you

00:21:22prefer,

00:21:23with his arm

00:21:24at exactly

00:21:25the height

00:21:25you need

00:21:26to hold

00:21:26on,

00:21:27and he

00:21:28never moves,

00:21:29and he

00:21:29never complains,

00:21:31and he knows

00:21:32your name

00:21:32and where

00:21:33you work.

00:21:34That's not

00:21:35a commuter.

00:21:37I know,

00:21:38Ciel said.

00:21:40What do you

00:21:40know about

00:21:41him?

00:21:42His name

00:21:43is Sorin.

00:21:44He wears

00:21:44good cashmere.

00:21:46His pheromones

00:21:47are very

00:21:47controlled,

00:21:48and his

00:21:49presence makes

00:21:49crowds part,

00:21:51Ciel said,

00:21:51and he smells

00:21:52like cedar.

00:21:55Petra was

00:21:55quiet for a

00:21:56long time.

00:21:57Cedar,

00:21:58and very

00:21:59controlled

00:22:00pheromones,

00:22:01she finally

00:22:01said.

00:22:03Ciel,

00:22:04I know,

00:22:05he said

00:22:06again.

00:22:06He's not

00:22:07a regular

00:22:08person.

00:22:09I know.

00:22:10Then why

00:22:11are you

00:22:12still getting

00:22:12on that

00:22:13train?

00:22:14Ciel

00:22:15considered

00:22:15this question

00:22:16with the

00:22:16genuine

00:22:17seriousness

00:22:17it deserved.

00:22:20Because,

00:22:21he said

00:22:22slowly,

00:22:22I have

00:22:24never once

00:22:24in three

00:22:25years felt

00:22:26anything on

00:22:27that train

00:22:28except the

00:22:29problem of

00:22:30navigating it.

00:22:31And when I

00:22:32hold his

00:22:32arm,

00:22:33I don't feel

00:22:34like a problem

00:22:35to be

00:22:35navigated.

00:22:37I feel like

00:22:38a person who

00:22:39is simply

00:22:39standing still.

00:22:42The silence

00:22:43that followed

00:22:43this was a

00:22:44different kind

00:22:45of quiet.

00:22:46Petra reached

00:22:47across the

00:22:48table and

00:22:49squeezed his

00:22:49hand once,

00:22:51said nothing

00:22:51more,

00:22:52and refilled

00:22:53his wine glass.

00:22:55The morning

00:22:56of the incident

00:22:57that changed

00:22:58everything was

00:22:59a Thursday

00:23:00in December.

00:23:01The city

00:23:02had gone cold

00:23:03overnight in

00:23:04the particular

00:23:05way that

00:23:05Valon City

00:23:06went cold.

00:23:07Not gradually,

00:23:09but all at

00:23:09once, as

00:23:10though winter

00:23:11had simply

00:23:12arrived and

00:23:13expected to

00:23:13find its

00:23:14things already

00:23:15unpacked.

00:23:17CL wore his

00:23:18heaviest coat

00:23:19and arrived at

00:23:20Caldwell Station

00:23:21with his fingers

00:23:22already stiff

00:23:23inside his

00:23:24gloves.

00:23:25He boarded

00:23:26the train.

00:23:27He found

00:23:28his position.

00:23:29He found

00:23:30the arm.

00:23:32He had

00:23:32stopped pretending

00:23:33to look for

00:23:34the rail first.

00:23:35They had a

00:23:36routine now that

00:23:37neither of them

00:23:38had articulated.

00:23:39He boarded.

00:23:40He found

00:23:41the arm.

00:23:42He held

00:23:42on, and

00:23:43they traveled

00:23:44in a silence

00:23:45that was the

00:23:46opposite of

00:23:47empty.

00:23:48Sorin

00:23:49sometimes spoke

00:23:50and sometimes

00:23:51did not.

00:23:52When he spoke,

00:23:54it was in

00:23:54short dispatches,

00:23:56a weather

00:23:56observation,

00:23:57a comment on

00:23:58the delay at

00:23:59Hawthorne that

00:24:00morning.

00:24:01Once, a very

00:24:02brief and

00:24:03apparently

00:24:04involuntary

00:24:05remark about

00:24:06the way CL's

00:24:07hair looked

00:24:07when the rain

00:24:08hit it,

00:24:09which Sorin

00:24:10had followed

00:24:10with a silence

00:24:11so thunderous

00:24:12that CL had

00:24:14spent the

00:24:14entire walk

00:24:15from Mirren

00:24:16Station to

00:24:16the patisserie

00:24:17quietly

00:24:18delighted.

00:24:20On that

00:24:20Thursday morning

00:24:21in December,

00:24:22a man got

00:24:23on at

00:24:23Hawthorne

00:24:24Crossing.

00:24:25CL knew

00:24:26something was

00:24:27wrong

00:24:27immediately.

00:24:29Not wrong

00:24:30in the way

00:24:31of ordinary

00:24:32tension.

00:24:32Wrong in

00:24:33the way of

00:24:34a room where

00:24:34all the air

00:24:35had been

00:24:35pulled toward

00:24:36a single

00:24:37point.

00:24:37The

00:24:38ambient

00:24:39pheromone

00:24:39landscape

00:24:40of the

00:24:40compartment

00:24:41shifted

00:24:41in a way

00:24:42he had

00:24:42felt

00:24:42before,

00:24:43but not

00:24:44on this

00:24:44train.

00:24:45A ripple

00:24:46of wariness,

00:24:47of people

00:24:48making themselves

00:24:49small,

00:24:50of someone

00:24:51powerful

00:24:51and unstable

00:24:53stepping into

00:24:54a space,

00:24:55and the space

00:24:56reacting.

00:24:57The new

00:24:58presence

00:24:59was an

00:24:59alpha.

00:25:01CL could

00:25:01smell him,

00:25:02sharp and

00:25:03rank with

00:25:04a kind

00:25:04of performed

00:25:05dominance that

00:25:06had none

00:25:07of Soren's

00:25:07settled

00:25:08certainty.

00:25:09The

00:25:09pheromone

00:25:10equivalent

00:25:10of a man

00:25:11shouting

00:25:11in a

00:25:12restaurant

00:25:12because he

00:25:13was afraid

00:25:13no one

00:25:14would notice

00:25:14him.

00:25:15He was

00:25:16broadcasting

00:25:17hard,

00:25:19aggressive,

00:25:20the kind

00:25:21of aggression

00:25:21that looked

00:25:22for a

00:25:22target.

00:25:24CL felt

00:25:24the compartment's

00:25:25attention,

00:25:26that blind

00:25:27collective

00:25:28awareness of

00:25:28bodies in

00:25:29a space,

00:25:30orient toward

00:25:31him.

00:25:32He understood

00:25:33why,

00:25:34a moment

00:25:34later,

00:25:35when the

00:25:35man's

00:25:36scent

00:25:36reached him

00:25:37properly.

00:25:38He was

00:25:39scenting

00:25:39for

00:25:40omegas.

00:25:41He was,

00:25:42in the

00:25:43particular and

00:25:43unpleasant way

00:25:44of certain

00:25:45alphas who

00:25:46had not

00:25:46been taught

00:25:47basic decency,

00:25:48broadcasting a

00:25:50territorial claim

00:25:51into a public

00:25:52space and

00:25:53waiting to see

00:25:54what answered.

00:25:56CL kept

00:25:57his hand

00:25:57on Soren's

00:25:58arm and

00:25:58kept his

00:25:59face forward

00:26:00and kept

00:26:01his breathing

00:26:02measured and

00:26:03thought very

00:26:03deliberately about

00:26:05the morning's

00:26:05croissant

00:26:06production,

00:26:07which required

00:26:08his attention

00:26:08on the

00:26:09temperature of

00:26:10the butter

00:26:10and not

00:26:11on the

00:26:12alpha making

00:26:12his way

00:26:13through the

00:26:13compartment.

00:26:15The man

00:26:15stopped

00:26:16beside him.

00:26:18Morning,

00:26:19he said,

00:26:20directed at

00:26:20CL.

00:26:21His voice

00:26:22had the

00:26:22overworked

00:26:23casualness

00:26:24of someone

00:26:25performing

00:26:25ease they

00:26:26did not

00:26:27feel.

00:26:28Nice to

00:26:29smell you.

00:26:30CL said

00:26:31nothing.

00:26:31The man

00:26:33leaned

00:26:33slightly

00:26:33closer.

00:26:35You smell

00:26:36like vanilla

00:26:36and something

00:26:37sweet.

00:26:38Working at

00:26:39a bakery

00:26:40somewhere?

00:26:41What time

00:26:41do you

00:26:41get off?

00:26:43CL was

00:26:44formulating

00:26:45a polite

00:26:45but definitive

00:26:46response

00:26:47when the arm

00:26:48he was

00:26:49holding

00:26:49moved.

00:26:50It did

00:26:51not move

00:26:51away from

00:26:52him.

00:26:52It moved

00:26:53around him.

00:26:54Soren

00:26:55stepped

00:26:55with a

00:26:56single

00:26:56unhurried

00:26:57shift of

00:26:57weight

00:26:58from

00:26:58beside

00:26:59CL to

00:27:00slightly

00:27:00in front

00:27:00of him

00:27:01and to

00:27:01the

00:27:01side.

00:27:02Not

00:27:03blocking

00:27:03him.

00:27:04Not

00:27:04making

00:27:04him

00:27:05invisible.

00:27:05But

00:27:06placing

00:27:06himself

00:27:07in the

00:27:07geography

00:27:08between

00:27:08CL and

00:27:09the

00:27:09other

00:27:09alpha.

00:27:10With

00:27:10the

00:27:11kind

00:27:11of

00:27:11quiet

00:27:11precision

00:27:12that

00:27:12made

00:27:13the

00:27:13repositioning

00:27:14look

00:27:14like an

00:27:14accident

00:27:15to

00:27:15anyone

00:27:16not

00:27:16paying

00:27:16close

00:27:17attention.

00:27:18The

00:27:19cedar

00:27:19and

00:27:19stone

00:27:19pheromones

00:27:20did

00:27:20not

00:27:21spike.

00:27:21They

00:27:22simply

00:27:22became

00:27:23very

00:27:23slightly

00:27:24more

00:27:25present.

00:27:26More

00:27:26legible.

00:27:27more

00:27:28there

00:27:28in

00:27:29the

00:27:29way

00:27:29a

00:27:29statement

00:27:29becomes

00:27:30more

00:27:30there

00:27:31when

00:27:31it

00:27:31is

00:27:32written

00:27:32in

00:27:32larger

00:27:32letters.

00:27:34The

00:27:34other

00:27:35alpha

00:27:35stopped

00:27:35talking.

00:27:37There

00:27:37was a

00:27:37pause

00:27:38of

00:27:38perhaps

00:27:38four

00:27:39seconds.

00:27:40The

00:27:41other

00:27:41alpha

00:27:41moved

00:27:42away.

00:27:43CL

00:27:43heard

00:27:44him

00:27:44push

00:27:44toward

00:27:44the

00:27:45far

00:27:45end

00:27:45of

00:27:45the

00:27:45compartment.

00:27:47Sorin's

00:27:48arm

00:27:48returned

00:27:48to its

00:27:49previous

00:27:49position,

00:27:50extended

00:27:51at the

00:27:51angle

00:27:52and

00:27:52height

00:27:53CL

00:27:53preferred.

00:27:55His

00:27:55pheromone

00:27:55settled

00:27:56back to

00:27:56their

00:27:56baseline.

00:27:57The

00:27:58compartment

00:27:59breathed

00:27:59out.

00:28:01CL

00:28:01was

00:28:02quiet

00:28:02for a

00:28:03moment.

00:28:03You

00:28:04didn't

00:28:04say

00:28:05anything,

00:28:05he

00:28:06finally

00:28:06observed.

00:28:07No,

00:28:08said

00:28:09Sorin.

00:28:10You

00:28:10didn't

00:28:10need

00:28:11to,

00:28:11CL

00:28:11said.

00:28:12No,

00:28:14said

00:28:14Sorin.

00:28:15CL's

00:28:16fingers

00:28:16were still

00:28:17wrapped

00:28:17around

00:28:18the

00:28:18forearm.

00:28:19He

00:28:19was

00:28:19aware

00:28:20of the

00:28:20pulse

00:28:21under

00:28:21his

00:28:21fingertips

00:28:22with

00:28:22more

00:28:22immediacy

00:28:23than

00:28:24usual.

00:28:25Sorin,

00:28:26he

00:28:27said.

00:28:28Hmm.

00:28:29What

00:28:30do

00:28:30you

00:28:30do?

00:28:31The

00:28:31pause

00:28:32before

00:28:32the

00:28:32answer

00:28:33was

00:28:33different

00:28:33from

00:28:34the

00:28:34usual

00:28:34pauses.

00:28:35This

00:28:36one

00:28:36had a

00:28:37texture

00:28:37of

00:28:37consideration

00:28:38to it,

00:28:39of a

00:28:39person

00:28:40deciding

00:28:40how much

00:28:41of the

00:28:41truth

00:28:41to

00:28:42offer.

00:28:44Logistics,

00:28:45Sorin

00:28:45said

00:28:45eventually.

00:28:47CL

00:28:47almost

00:28:48smiled.

00:28:49Logistics

00:28:50was one

00:28:51of those

00:28:51words

00:28:51that could

00:28:52mean

00:28:52many

00:28:52things

00:28:53and

00:28:54in

00:28:54this

00:28:54particular

00:28:55delivery

00:28:55meant

00:28:56something

00:28:56specific.

00:28:58He

00:28:58nodded

00:28:59once

00:28:59slowly.

00:29:01I

00:29:02see,

00:29:02he

00:29:02said,

00:29:03which

00:29:04was

00:29:04both

00:29:04a

00:29:04figure

00:29:05of

00:29:05speech

00:29:05and,

00:29:06in

00:29:07the

00:29:07context,

00:29:08a

00:29:08small

00:29:08private

00:29:09joke

00:29:09that

00:29:10he

00:29:10was

00:29:10fairly

00:29:11certain

00:29:11Sorin

00:29:12caught,

00:29:12because

00:29:13the

00:29:13arm

00:29:13under

00:29:14his

00:29:14fingers

00:29:14tensed

00:29:15very

00:29:15slightly,

00:29:16not

00:29:17with

00:29:17alarm,

00:29:18but

00:29:18with

00:29:18the

00:29:19suppressed

00:29:19physical

00:29:20response

00:29:20of

00:29:21someone

00:29:21controlling

00:29:22the

00:29:22urge

00:29:22to

00:29:22laugh.

00:29:24The

00:29:24train

00:29:25reached

00:29:25Mirren

00:29:26Station.

00:29:26The

00:29:27doors

00:29:27opened.

00:29:28The

00:29:28crowd

00:29:29moved.

00:29:29CL

00:29:30stepped

00:29:30onto

00:29:30the

00:29:30platform

00:29:31with

00:29:31his

00:29:31cane

00:29:32and

00:29:32turned

00:29:32toward

00:29:32the

00:29:33eastern

00:29:33exit

00:29:33and

00:29:34stopped,

00:29:35because

00:29:36there

00:29:36was a

00:29:36hand,

00:29:37brief

00:29:37and

00:29:38careful

00:29:38on

00:29:39his

00:29:39shoulder,

00:29:40not

00:29:40guiding

00:29:41him,

00:29:42just

00:29:42present.

00:29:44CL,

00:29:45said

00:29:45Sorin's

00:29:46voice,

00:29:46closer now,

00:29:47because he

00:29:48had leaned

00:29:48slightly.

00:29:50Yes?

00:29:52There's

00:29:52ice on

00:29:53the steps

00:29:54at the

00:29:54eastern

00:29:54exit.

00:29:56CL

00:29:56absorbed

00:29:56this.

00:29:58You're

00:29:58taking

00:29:59the

00:29:59western

00:29:59exit,

00:30:00he said.

00:30:01That's not

00:30:02toward the

00:30:02Mirren

00:30:03central

00:30:03district.

00:30:05Yes,

00:30:05said

00:30:06Sorin.

00:30:07You were

00:30:07going to

00:30:08walk to

00:30:08the

00:30:08western

00:30:09exit.

00:30:10Yes,

00:30:11but you

00:30:12stopped

00:30:12to tell

00:30:12me about

00:30:13the

00:30:13eastern

00:30:13steps.

00:30:15Yes.

00:30:16He

00:30:17heard

00:30:17Sorin

00:30:17breathe,

00:30:18a

00:30:19controlled,

00:30:19careful

00:30:20breath.

00:30:21The

00:30:21breath

00:30:21of a

00:30:22man

00:30:22who

00:30:22was

00:30:23not

00:30:23accustomed

00:30:23to

00:30:24being

00:30:24read.

00:30:26Thank

00:30:26you,

00:30:27CL said,

00:30:28for the

00:30:29steps.

00:30:30He took

00:30:31the western

00:30:31exit

00:30:32himself.

00:30:33Behind

00:30:33him,

00:30:34after a

00:30:34moment,

00:30:35he heard

00:30:35footsteps.

00:30:37He did

00:30:37not turn

00:30:38around.

00:30:38He walked

00:30:39to the

00:30:40Orlin

00:30:40Patisserie on

00:30:41Mirren

00:30:42High Street

00:30:42with the

00:30:43particular

00:30:43certainty

00:30:44of someone

00:30:44who knows

00:30:45exactly

00:30:46where they

00:30:47are going

00:30:47and was

00:30:48not,

00:30:49absolutely

00:30:50was not

00:30:51aware of

00:30:52cedar and

00:30:53stone fading

00:30:54into the

00:30:54cold December

00:30:55air behind

00:30:56him.

00:30:57He thought

00:30:58about it

00:30:58all day.

00:31:00The arm

00:31:01that was

00:31:01always there.

00:31:02The crowd

00:31:03that always

00:31:04parted.

00:31:05The man

00:31:06who knew

00:31:07his name

00:31:07and the

00:31:08stop

00:31:09where he

00:31:09boarded

00:31:10and the

00:31:10time of

00:31:11the bus

00:31:11he took

00:31:12to get

00:31:12there.

00:31:13The word

00:31:14logistics

00:31:15delivered

00:31:16in a

00:31:16register

00:31:17that meant

00:31:17something

00:31:17else

00:31:18entirely.

00:31:20He was

00:31:21not

00:31:21naive.

00:31:22He had

00:31:22been raised

00:31:23in a

00:31:23city.

00:31:24He had

00:31:25moved

00:31:25through

00:31:25the world

00:31:26as a

00:31:26blind

00:31:26omega

00:31:27for three

00:31:28years

00:31:28and in

00:31:29that time

00:31:30had

00:31:30developed

00:31:30extremely

00:31:31accurate

00:31:32instincts

00:31:32for what

00:31:33people

00:31:33were

00:31:34and what

00:31:35they

00:31:35wanted

00:31:35and when

00:31:36they

00:31:36were

00:31:37performing

00:31:37something

00:31:38other

00:31:38than

00:31:38what

00:31:39they

00:31:39were.

00:31:39Sorin

00:31:41was

00:31:41not

00:31:42performing.

00:31:43That

00:31:44was

00:31:44what

00:31:44made

00:31:45him

00:31:45so

00:31:45interesting.

00:31:46He

00:31:47was

00:31:47exactly

00:31:48what

00:31:48he

00:31:49was,

00:31:49which

00:31:50was

00:31:50apparently

00:31:51quite

00:31:51a lot,

00:31:52and he

00:31:53offered

00:31:53it

00:31:54without

00:31:54theater

00:31:55or

00:31:55justification.

00:31:57Petra

00:31:58called

00:31:58that

00:31:59evening.

00:32:00I

00:32:00looked

00:32:01him

00:32:01up,

00:32:01she

00:32:01said,

00:32:02without

00:32:02preamble.

00:32:04C.L.

00:32:04waited.

00:32:05Sorin

00:32:06veil,

00:32:06she

00:32:07said,

00:32:07as

00:32:07in

00:32:08the

00:32:08veils,

00:32:09as

00:32:09in

00:32:09the

00:32:10reason

00:32:10this

00:32:10city

00:32:11is

00:32:11called

00:32:11Veylon

00:32:12City.

00:32:13C.L.

00:32:14sat

00:32:14down

00:32:14on his

00:32:15kitchen

00:32:15stool.

00:32:15The

00:32:16family,

00:32:17he

00:32:17said.

00:32:18The

00:32:18family,

00:32:19Petra

00:32:19confirmed.

00:32:20He's

00:32:20the

00:32:21current

00:32:21head,

00:32:21has

00:32:22been

00:32:22for

00:32:22six

00:32:22years

00:32:23since

00:32:23his

00:32:23father

00:32:24stepped

00:32:24back.

00:32:25He's

00:32:2532.

00:32:26He

00:32:27runs

00:32:27everything

00:32:28that

00:32:28the

00:32:28word

00:32:29logistics

00:32:29is

00:32:30a

00:32:30polite

00:32:30way

00:32:31of

00:32:31describing.

00:32:32No

00:32:32criminal

00:32:33record,

00:32:33obviously,

00:32:34several

00:32:35business

00:32:35interests

00:32:36that

00:32:36are

00:32:36very

00:32:37much

00:32:37front

00:32:38facing

00:32:38and

00:32:39several

00:32:39that

00:32:39are

00:32:40very

00:32:40much

00:32:40not.

00:32:42His

00:32:42face

00:32:42is

00:32:43in

00:32:43the

00:32:43paper

00:32:43sometimes

00:32:44at

00:32:44charity

00:32:44events

00:32:45and

00:32:45sometimes

00:32:46he's

00:32:46just

00:32:47not

00:32:47photographable,

00:32:48which

00:32:49means

00:32:49he

00:32:49chooses

00:32:50when

00:32:50to

00:32:50be

00:32:50seen

00:32:51and

00:32:51when

00:32:51not

00:32:52to

00:32:52be.

00:32:53C.L.

00:32:55Yes,

00:32:56he's

00:32:56been

00:32:56riding

00:32:57the

00:32:57742

00:32:58for

00:32:58three

00:32:58weeks.

00:32:59That

00:33:00line

00:33:00doesn't

00:33:00go

00:33:01anywhere

00:33:01near

00:33:02anything

00:33:02the

00:33:02Vail

00:33:03organization

00:33:03is

00:33:04connected

00:33:04to.

00:33:05No,

00:33:07C.L.

00:33:07agreed.

00:33:08The

00:33:09silence

00:33:09on the

00:33:10line

00:33:10was

00:33:10the

00:33:11same

00:33:11one

00:33:11from

00:33:12dinner

00:33:12when

00:33:12she

00:33:13had

00:33:13squeezed

00:33:13his

00:33:13hand

00:33:14and

00:33:14said

00:33:14nothing.

00:33:16Are

00:33:16you

00:33:17afraid?

00:33:17Petra

00:33:18asked.

00:33:19C.L.

00:33:20considered

00:33:20this

00:33:21honestly.

00:33:22No,

00:33:23he said.

00:33:24Should

00:33:25you be?

00:33:26I

00:33:27don't

00:33:27know,

00:33:28he said.

00:33:29His

00:33:29arm

00:33:30is

00:33:30always

00:33:30at

00:33:30exactly

00:33:31the

00:33:31right

00:33:31height.

00:33:32She

00:33:33exhaled.

00:33:35That's

00:33:35either

00:33:36the

00:33:36most

00:33:36romantic

00:33:37thing

00:33:37you've

00:33:38ever

00:33:38said

00:33:38or

00:33:39the

00:33:39most

00:33:39alarming.

00:33:41Maybe

00:33:42both,

00:33:43C.L.

00:33:43said.

00:33:44He

00:33:44went

00:33:45to

00:33:45sleep

00:33:45and

00:33:46dreamed,

00:33:47which

00:33:47was

00:33:47something

00:33:47he

00:33:48rarely

00:33:48did

00:33:49anymore.

00:33:49And

00:33:50in

00:33:50the

00:33:50dream,

00:33:51there

00:33:51was

00:33:52no

00:33:52imagery

00:33:52because

00:33:53there

00:33:53never

00:33:54was,

00:33:55only

00:33:55the

00:33:56sensation

00:33:56of

00:33:56being

00:33:57very

00:33:57still

00:33:58in

00:33:58a

00:33:58space

00:33:59that

00:33:59was

00:34:00not

00:34:00still.

00:34:01Of

00:34:01the

00:34:02train's

00:34:02movement

00:34:02and

00:34:03the

00:34:03compartment's

00:34:04noise

00:34:04and

00:34:05the

00:34:05reliable

00:34:06warmth

00:34:06of

00:34:07something

00:34:07that

00:34:07did

00:34:08not

00:34:08sway.

00:34:09He

00:34:10woke

00:34:10before

00:34:11his

00:34:11alarm

00:34:11and

00:34:12lay

00:34:12in

00:34:12the

00:34:12dark

00:34:13which

00:34:13was

00:34:13the

00:34:13same

00:34:14as

00:34:14any

00:34:14other

00:34:15dark

00:34:15and

00:34:16thought,

00:34:16I

00:34:17will

00:34:17ask

00:34:18him

00:34:18tomorrow.

00:34:19Tomorrow

00:34:20was

00:34:21a

00:34:21Friday.

00:34:21He

00:34:22took

00:34:22the

00:34:23742.

00:34:24He

00:34:24boarded

00:34:25at

00:34:25the

00:34:25third

00:34:25rear

00:34:26compartment.

00:34:27He

00:34:27found

00:34:28the

00:34:28arm.

00:34:29He

00:34:29held

00:34:29on.

00:34:31Sorin,

00:34:32he

00:34:32said,

00:34:32when

00:34:33the

00:34:33doors

00:34:33closed

00:34:33and

00:34:34the

00:34:34train

00:34:34began

00:34:34to

00:34:35move.

00:34:36Yes.

00:34:37Why

00:34:38do

00:34:38you

00:34:38ride

00:34:38this

00:34:38train?

00:34:40The

00:34:40pause

00:34:41was

00:34:41the

00:34:41longest

00:34:42yet.

00:34:43Longer

00:34:43than

00:34:44logistics.

00:34:45Longer

00:34:45than

00:34:45the

00:34:46consideration

00:34:46of how

00:34:47much

00:34:47truth

00:34:47to

00:34:48offer.

00:34:49I

00:34:50was

00:34:50at

00:34:50Caldwell

00:34:51Station

00:34:51three

00:34:51weeks

00:34:52ago,

00:34:52Sorin

00:34:53said,

00:34:53for

00:34:54an

00:34:54unrelated

00:34:54matter.

00:34:56And I

00:34:56watched

00:34:57you

00:34:57board.

00:34:58You

00:34:58went

00:34:58straight

00:34:59to

00:34:59the

00:34:59door

00:34:59you

00:34:59always

00:35:00use

00:35:00without

00:35:00hesitating.

00:35:01And you

00:35:02found the

00:35:03rail without

00:35:03the cane,

00:35:04and you

00:35:05stood with

00:35:05complete

00:35:06composure in

00:35:06the middle

00:35:07of a

00:35:07crowd that

00:35:08would have

00:35:08been

00:35:08difficult for

00:35:09someone fully

00:35:10sighted.

00:35:10And I

00:35:11thought,

00:35:12he

00:35:12stopped.

00:35:14Thought

00:35:15what?

00:35:15CL asked

00:35:16quietly.

00:35:17I

00:35:18thought,

00:35:19who is

00:35:20that?

00:35:21CL held

00:35:22the arm

00:35:22a little

00:35:22more

00:35:23tightly.

00:35:24And then,

00:35:25Sorin

00:35:26continued,

00:35:26his voice

00:35:27dropping

00:35:27into its

00:35:28lowest

00:35:28register,

00:35:29the one

00:35:30that sat

00:35:30in CL's

00:35:31sternum

00:35:32like a

00:35:32bell.

00:35:33I

00:35:34came back

00:35:34the next

00:35:35morning.

00:35:36And the

00:35:37one after

00:35:38that,

00:35:39CL said.

00:35:40Yes.

00:35:41And you

00:35:42positioned your

00:35:43arm at the

00:35:44height I

00:35:44use for

00:35:45the rail.

00:35:46Yes.

00:35:48On

00:35:49purpose?

00:35:51Yes.

00:35:52CL

00:35:53breathed

00:35:53in.

00:35:55Cedar,

00:35:56rainwashed

00:35:57stone,

00:35:58the deep,

00:35:59settled

00:35:59warmth of

00:36:00alpha

00:36:00pheromones

00:36:01that were

00:36:01not

00:36:02performing

00:36:03anything.

00:36:04You could

00:36:05have just

00:36:05introduced

00:36:06yourself,

00:36:06he said.

00:36:08I did

00:36:09not know

00:36:09how to,

00:36:10Sorin

00:36:11said,

00:36:11without

00:36:12alarming

00:36:13you.

00:36:14CL

00:36:14considered

00:36:15this,

00:36:16a man

00:36:17who ran

00:36:17an organization

00:36:18that made

00:36:19crowded train

00:36:20carriages

00:36:20part simply

00:36:22by existing,

00:36:23who was

00:36:24afraid of

00:36:24alarming a

00:36:25blind

00:36:26pastry

00:36:26chef.

00:36:28You

00:36:28are,

00:36:29CL

00:36:29said,

00:36:30the strangest

00:36:31person I

00:36:32have ever

00:36:33met.

00:36:34I have

00:36:35been told

00:36:35this before,

00:36:36Sorin

00:36:36said.

00:36:37By

00:36:38whom?

00:36:39Everyone,

00:36:40Sorin

00:36:41said,

00:36:41and there

00:36:43it was

00:36:43again.

00:36:44That

00:36:44almost

00:36:45laugh,

00:36:46that

00:36:46controlled

00:36:47suppression

00:36:48of

00:36:48something

00:36:48that

00:36:49wanted

00:36:49to

00:36:49be

00:36:50warmer

00:36:50than

00:36:50he

00:36:50allowed

00:36:51it.

00:36:52The

00:36:52train

00:36:53pulled

00:36:53into

00:36:53Mirren

00:36:54Station.

00:36:55They

00:36:55did

00:36:55not

00:36:55move

00:36:56immediately

00:36:56when

00:36:57the

00:36:57doors

00:36:57opened.

00:36:58The

00:36:58crowd

00:36:58flowed

00:36:59around

00:36:59them,

00:37:00the

00:37:00usual

00:37:00parting

00:37:01that

00:37:01CL

00:37:01had

00:37:02stopped

00:37:02questioning.

00:37:03When

00:37:04the

00:37:04platform

00:37:04noise

00:37:04indicated

00:37:05the

00:37:05worst

00:37:06of

00:37:06the

00:37:06rush

00:37:06had

00:37:06cleared,

00:37:07CL

00:37:08let

00:37:08go

00:37:08of

00:37:08the

00:37:08arm,

00:37:09retrieved

00:37:09his

00:37:10cane

00:37:10from

00:37:10under

00:37:11his

00:37:11arm

00:37:11and

00:37:12stood

00:37:12for

00:37:12a

00:37:12moment.

00:37:14Sorin,

00:37:15he

00:37:15said.

00:37:16Yes.

00:37:18There

00:37:18is a

00:37:18cafe

00:37:19on

00:37:19the

00:37:19western

00:37:19end

00:37:20of

00:37:20Mirren

00:37:20High

00:37:21Street,

00:37:22Brendan's.

00:37:23They

00:37:23open

00:37:23at

00:37:24eight.

00:37:25Yes,

00:37:26said

00:37:26Sorin.

00:37:27I

00:37:27know

00:37:28it.

00:37:28Of

00:37:29course

00:37:29he

00:37:30did.

00:37:31I

00:37:31finish

00:37:32at

00:37:32the

00:37:32patisserie

00:37:32at

00:37:33four,

00:37:34CL

00:37:34said.

00:37:35On

00:37:35Tuesdays

00:37:36and

00:37:36Fridays,

00:37:36I

00:37:37have

00:37:37no

00:37:37evening

00:37:38obligations.

00:37:39This

00:37:40Friday,

00:37:41Sorin

00:37:42said,

00:37:42not a

00:37:43question.

00:37:45This

00:37:45Friday,

00:37:46CL

00:37:46confirmed.

00:37:47He

00:37:48stepped

00:37:49onto

00:37:49the

00:37:49platform.

00:37:50He

00:37:51walked

00:37:52to

00:37:52the

00:37:52patisserie.

00:37:53He

00:37:54made

00:37:54240

00:37:55pastry

00:37:56shells

00:37:56and

00:37:57thought

00:37:57about

00:37:57nothing

00:37:58in

00:37:58particular

00:37:58for

00:37:59most

00:37:59of

00:37:59the

00:37:59day

00:38:00and

00:38:00thought

00:38:01about

00:38:01cedar

00:38:01and

00:38:02stone

00:38:02for

00:38:03the

00:38:03rest

00:38:03of

00:38:03it.

00:38:04The

00:38:05patisserie

00:38:05had a

00:38:06small

00:38:06back

00:38:06room

00:38:07where

00:38:07staff

00:38:08left

00:38:08their

00:38:08things,

00:38:09and

00:38:09on

00:38:10that

00:38:10Friday

00:38:10afternoon,

00:38:11CL

00:38:12sat

00:38:12in

00:38:12that

00:38:12room

00:38:13after

00:38:13his

00:38:13shift

00:38:14and

00:38:14changed

00:38:15into

00:38:15the

00:38:15shirt

00:38:15he

00:38:16had

00:38:16brought

00:38:16in

00:38:16his

00:38:16bag

00:38:17and

00:38:17combed

00:38:18his

00:38:18hair

00:38:18with

00:38:18his

00:38:19fingers,

00:38:20orienting

00:38:20himself

00:38:21by

00:38:21the

00:38:21mirror

00:38:21he

00:38:22knew

00:38:22was

00:38:22there

00:38:23but

00:38:23could

00:38:23not

00:38:23use.

00:38:25He

00:38:25had

00:38:25spent

00:38:26some

00:38:26time

00:38:26that

00:38:26week

00:38:27thinking

00:38:27about

00:38:27how

00:38:28to

00:38:28dress

00:38:28without

00:38:29sight,

00:38:29which

00:38:30was

00:38:30actually

00:38:30something

00:38:31he

00:38:31was

00:38:31quite

00:38:31practiced

00:38:32at,

00:38:33having

00:38:33developed

00:38:34a

00:38:34system

00:38:34of

00:38:34texture

00:38:35and

00:38:35arrangement

00:38:36that

00:38:36let

00:38:36him

00:38:37dress

00:38:37well

00:38:37and

00:38:38consistently.

00:38:40He

00:38:40wore

00:38:40gray,

00:38:41which

00:38:41Petra

00:38:42had

00:38:42once

00:38:42told

00:38:42him

00:38:43suited

00:38:43his

00:38:43coloring,

00:38:44which

00:38:45she

00:38:45described

00:38:45as

00:38:46blonde

00:38:46and

00:38:47pale

00:38:47and

00:38:48rather

00:38:48pre-Raphaelite,

00:38:50which

00:38:50was not

00:38:50a description

00:38:51he fully

00:38:52understood,

00:38:53but

00:38:53which

00:38:53she

00:38:53said

00:38:54with

00:38:54great

00:38:54approval.

00:38:56He

00:38:56walked

00:38:57to

00:38:57Brendan's.

00:38:58He

00:38:58arrived

00:38:59at

00:38:59418,

00:39:00which

00:39:01he

00:39:01knew

00:39:01because

00:39:02his

00:39:02phone

00:39:02told

00:39:02him,

00:39:03and

00:39:03Sorin

00:39:04was

00:39:04already

00:39:05there

00:39:05because

00:39:06of

00:39:06course

00:39:06he

00:39:07was.

00:39:08Ciel

00:39:08could

00:39:09smell

00:39:09him

00:39:09from

00:39:10the

00:39:10doorway.

00:39:11He

00:39:11navigated

00:39:12to

00:39:12the

00:39:12table

00:39:13by

00:39:13the

00:39:13scent,

00:39:14which

00:39:14felt

00:39:14dangerously

00:39:15like

00:39:15something

00:39:16out

00:39:16of

00:39:16a

00:39:16novel

00:39:17he

00:39:17would

00:39:17have

00:39:17been

00:39:18embarrassed

00:39:18to

00:39:18admit

00:39:19reading,

00:39:20and

00:39:20sat

00:39:20down.

00:39:21A

00:39:22cup

00:39:22was

00:39:22placed

00:39:23in

00:39:23front

00:39:23of

00:39:23him

00:39:23a

00:39:24moment

00:39:24later

00:39:24by

00:39:25a

00:39:25server

00:39:25who

00:39:25said

00:39:26quietly,

00:39:26hot tea

00:39:28from

00:39:28the

00:39:28gentleman,

00:39:29the

00:39:29same

00:39:29temperature

00:39:30you

00:39:30prefer.

00:39:31And

00:39:32Ciel

00:39:32thought,

00:39:33of

00:39:33course

00:39:34he

00:39:34knew.

00:39:35You

00:39:35asked

00:39:36someone

00:39:36at

00:39:36the

00:39:36patisserie,

00:39:37Ciel

00:39:38said.

00:39:39Your

00:39:39supervisor,

00:39:40Sorin

00:39:41confirmed.

00:39:41Did

00:39:42you

00:39:42frighten

00:39:42her?

00:39:43Briefly,

00:39:44Sorin

00:39:45said.

00:39:46Ciel

00:39:46smiled.

00:39:47He

00:39:47couldn't

00:39:48help it.

00:39:49They

00:39:49talked

00:39:50for an

00:39:50hour

00:39:50and

00:39:51forty

00:39:51minutes.

00:39:52Ciel

00:39:52knew

00:39:53the

00:39:53duration

00:39:53because

00:39:54he

00:39:54had

00:39:54a

00:39:55sense

00:39:55of

00:39:55time

00:39:55that

00:39:56had

00:39:56become

00:39:56very

00:39:56accurate

00:39:57in

00:39:57the

00:39:57absence

00:39:58of

00:39:58other

00:39:59orienting

00:39:59information.

00:40:00He

00:40:01did

00:40:01not

00:40:01know

00:40:01everything

00:40:01that

00:40:02was

00:40:02said

00:40:02because

00:40:02memory

00:40:03tends

00:40:03to

00:40:03compress

00:40:04the

00:40:04content

00:40:04and

00:40:05preserve

00:40:06the

00:40:06feeling.

00:40:07And

00:40:07what

00:40:07he

00:40:07remembered

00:40:08afterward

00:40:08was

00:40:09the

00:40:09feeling,

00:40:10the

00:40:10texture

00:40:11of

00:40:11conversation

00:40:12with

00:40:12someone

00:40:12who

00:40:12was

00:40:13also

00:40:13precise,

00:40:14also

00:40:15quiet,

00:40:16also

00:40:17given

00:40:17to

00:40:17long

00:40:17pauses

00:40:18that

00:40:19were

00:40:19thinking

00:40:19rather

00:40:20than

00:40:20hesitation,

00:40:21who

00:40:22asked

00:40:22questions

00:40:23and

00:40:23listened

00:40:24to

00:40:24the

00:40:24answers

00:40:25with

00:40:25an

00:40:25attentiveness

00:40:26that

00:40:26CL

00:40:26could

00:40:27actually

00:40:27perceive,

00:40:28which

00:40:29was

00:40:29not

00:40:29something

00:40:30he

00:40:30experienced

00:40:31often

00:40:31in

00:40:31conversation

00:40:32with

00:40:32new

00:40:32people,

00:40:33who

00:40:34said

00:40:34things

00:40:35that

00:40:35were

00:40:35exact

00:40:36rather

00:40:37than

00:40:37approximate.

00:40:38At

00:40:39one point,

00:40:40Sorin

00:40:40said,

00:40:40you hold

00:40:42your cane

00:40:42differently

00:40:43when you

00:40:43are relaxed.

00:40:44And

00:40:45CL

00:40:45said,

00:40:46how?

00:40:47And

00:40:48Sorin

00:40:48said,

00:40:49you grip

00:40:50it

00:40:50less.

00:40:51And

00:40:52CL

00:40:52said,

00:40:53am

00:40:53I

00:40:54relaxed?

00:40:55And

00:40:55Sorin

00:40:56was

00:40:56quiet

00:40:56for a

00:40:57moment.

00:40:57And

00:40:58then

00:40:58he

00:40:58said,

00:40:59I

00:41:00hope

00:41:00so.

00:41:01At

00:41:02another

00:41:02point,

00:41:03CL

00:41:03said,

00:41:04does

00:41:04your

00:41:04family

00:41:05know

00:41:05you

00:41:05were

00:41:05riding

00:41:06the

00:41:06742

00:41:07to

00:41:07Mirren?

00:41:08And

00:41:08Sorin

00:41:08said,

00:41:09yes.

00:41:10And

00:41:11CL

00:41:11said,

00:41:12what

00:41:13did

00:41:13they

00:41:13say?

00:41:14And

00:41:14Sorin

00:41:15said,

00:41:15they

00:41:16were

00:41:16confused.

00:41:17I

00:41:18don't

00:41:18usually

00:41:19do

00:41:19things

00:41:20without

00:41:20a

00:41:20clear

00:41:20operational

00:41:21reason.

00:41:22And

00:41:23CL

00:41:23said,

00:41:24what

00:41:25did

00:41:25you

00:41:25tell

00:41:25them?

00:41:26And

00:41:27Sorin

00:41:27said,

00:41:28I

00:41:28told

00:41:29them

00:41:29I

00:41:29did

00:41:29have

00:41:29a

00:41:30reason.

00:41:31And

00:41:31then

00:41:31he

00:41:32stopped

00:41:32talking.

00:41:33CL

00:41:34did

00:41:34not

00:41:35ask

00:41:35what

00:41:35the

00:41:35reason

00:41:36was.

00:41:37He

00:41:37thought

00:41:37he

00:41:38might

00:41:38know.

00:41:39When

00:41:40he

00:41:40finally

00:41:40stood

00:41:41to

00:41:41leave,

00:41:41the

00:41:41cafe

00:41:42had

00:41:42grown

00:41:42quieter.

00:41:43Sorin

00:41:44stood

00:41:44also.

00:41:45And

00:41:45said

00:41:46he

00:41:46would

00:41:46walk

00:41:46CL

00:41:47to

00:41:47the

00:41:47station.

00:41:48CL

00:41:49said

00:41:49that

00:41:49was

00:41:50out

00:41:50of

00:41:50his

00:41:50way.

00:41:51Sorin

00:41:52said

00:41:52he

00:41:52knew.

00:41:53That

00:41:54was

00:41:54the

00:41:54end

00:41:54of

00:41:55that

00:41:55discussion.

00:41:56They

00:41:57walked

00:41:57side

00:41:57by

00:41:58side

00:41:58down

00:41:58Mirren

00:41:59High

00:41:59Street.

00:42:00Sorin

00:42:00moved

00:42:01slightly

00:42:01to

00:42:02his

00:42:02left,

00:42:02close

00:42:03enough

00:42:03that

00:42:03CL

00:42:04could

00:42:04feel

00:42:04the

00:42:04displacement

00:42:05of

00:42:05air

00:42:06when

00:42:06he

00:42:06moved.

00:42:07He

00:42:08did

00:42:08not

00:42:08offer

00:42:08his

00:42:09arm.

00:42:09He

00:42:10did

00:42:10not

00:42:10crowd.

00:42:11He

00:42:11simply

00:42:12walked

00:42:12at

00:42:15kind

00:42:15of

00:42:16attention.

00:42:17At

00:42:18the

00:42:18station

00:42:18entrance

00:42:19CL

00:42:19stopped.

00:42:20Thank

00:42:21you,

00:42:21he

00:42:22said,

00:42:22for

00:42:22the

00:42:22tea.

00:42:24You're

00:42:24welcome,

00:42:25Sorin

00:42:25said,

00:42:26and

00:42:27for

00:42:27the

00:42:27conversation.

00:42:28A

00:42:29pause,

00:42:30then

00:42:31likewise.

00:42:33CL

00:42:34turned

00:42:34his

00:42:34face

00:42:35toward

00:42:35the

00:42:35sound

00:42:35of

00:42:35Sorin's

00:42:36voice,

00:42:37which

00:42:37he

00:42:37had

00:42:37learned

00:42:37to

00:42:38do

00:42:38without

00:42:38thinking,

00:42:39and

00:42:40which

00:42:40Sorin

00:42:40had

00:42:41learned

00:42:41to

00:42:41accept

00:42:42without

00:42:42comment.

00:42:43Next

00:42:43Friday,

00:42:44CL

00:42:45said,

00:42:46Yes,

00:42:47Sorin

00:42:47said.

00:42:48He

00:42:49went

00:42:49home.

00:42:50He

00:42:50sat

00:42:51in

00:42:51his

00:42:51kitchen

00:42:51and

00:42:52did

00:42:52not

00:42:52bake,

00:42:53which

00:42:53was

00:42:53unusual,

00:42:54and

00:42:55instead

00:42:55sat

00:42:56with

00:42:56his

00:42:56hands

00:42:57wrapped

00:42:57around

00:42:57a

00:42:57mug

00:42:58of

00:42:58tea

00:42:58that

00:42:58went

00:42:59cold,

00:43:00thinking

00:43:00about

00:43:00the

00:43:01particular

00:43:01quality

00:43:02of

00:43:02an

00:43:02hour

00:43:02and

00:43:03forty

00:43:03minutes

00:43:03with

00:43:04someone

00:43:04who

00:43:04listened,

00:43:05not

00:43:05because

00:43:06they

00:43:06were

00:43:06polite,

00:43:07but

00:43:08because

00:43:08they

00:43:08actually

00:43:09wanted

00:43:09to

00:43:09know.

00:43:10He

00:43:11thought,

00:43:11I

00:43:12am

00:43:13in

00:43:13considerable

00:43:14trouble.

00:43:14He

00:43:15thought,

00:43:16I am not

00:43:17particularly

00:43:18sorry about

00:43:19it.

00:43:20The Fridays

00:43:21became the

00:43:22architecture of

00:43:23his weeks.

00:43:24He organized

00:43:24everything around

00:43:26them without

00:43:26meaning to,

00:43:28the way a person

00:43:29organizes a room

00:43:30around a window,

00:43:31not because they

00:43:32planned it,

00:43:33but because the

00:43:34light keeps

00:43:35pulling them

00:43:35there.

00:43:36He noticed

00:43:37the cedar scent

00:43:38on the train

00:43:39before he heard

00:43:40Sorin speak.

00:43:41he noticed

00:43:42his shoulders

00:43:43dropping a

00:43:44half inch

00:43:44before his

00:43:45conscious mind

00:43:46had caught

00:43:46up.

00:43:48He noticed

00:43:48one Friday

00:43:49when Sorin

00:43:50arrived fifteen

00:43:51minutes late

00:43:52that the

00:43:53waiting had

00:43:54a specific

00:43:54quality of

00:43:55discomfort

00:43:56that had

00:43:57nothing to

00:43:57do with

00:43:58the hardness

00:43:58of the

00:43:59chair.

00:44:00Sorin

00:44:01noticed

00:44:01the noticing.

00:44:03Of course

00:44:03he did.

00:44:04He was

00:44:05the kind

00:44:05of person

00:44:06who noticed

00:44:07everything.

00:44:08One

00:44:09afternoon

00:44:10in late

00:44:10January

00:44:11when the

00:44:12city

00:44:12outside

00:44:12Brendan's

00:44:13windows

00:44:13was

00:44:14putting

00:44:14down

00:44:14sleet

00:44:15Sorin

00:44:16said

00:44:16your

00:44:17friend

00:44:18Petra

00:44:18she

00:44:19called

00:44:19my

00:44:20office.

00:44:21CL set

00:44:22his cup

00:44:22down.

00:44:24She

00:44:24did

00:44:24what?

00:44:25She

00:44:26introduced

00:44:27herself

00:44:27Sorin

00:44:28said

00:44:28with

00:44:29the

00:44:29careful

00:44:29neutrality

00:44:30of

00:44:30someone

00:44:31describing

00:44:31a

00:44:32natural

00:44:32disaster

00:44:33without

00:44:33editorializing.

00:44:36She

00:44:36said

00:44:36she

00:44:37was

00:44:37your

00:44:37closest

00:44:37friend

00:44:38and

00:44:38that

00:44:39she

00:44:39wanted

00:44:39to

00:44:39make

00:44:39several

00:44:40things

00:44:40clear

00:44:41to

00:44:41me.

00:44:42CL

00:44:43pressed

00:44:43his

00:44:44fingers

00:44:44to

00:44:44his

00:44:44forehead.

00:44:46What

00:44:46things?

00:44:48Sorin

00:44:49was

00:44:49quiet

00:44:49for a

00:44:50moment.

00:44:51The

00:44:51things

00:44:52she

00:44:52said

00:44:52he

00:44:53finally

00:44:53offered

00:44:54were

00:44:54largely

00:44:55consistent

00:44:56with

00:44:56the

00:44:56things

00:44:56I

00:44:57would

00:44:57have

00:44:57said

00:44:57to

00:44:57myself

00:44:58if

00:44:58I

00:44:59had

00:44:59been

00:44:59in

00:44:59her

00:45:00position.

00:45:01That

00:45:02is

00:45:02not

00:45:02reassuring

00:45:03C.

00:45:03L

00:45:03said.

00:45:05She

00:45:05loves

00:45:06you

00:45:06Sorin

00:45:07said

00:45:07simply.

00:45:08She

00:45:09said

00:45:09and

00:45:10I

00:45:10am

00:45:10quoting

00:45:11directly

00:45:11if

00:45:12you

00:45:13hurt

00:45:13him

00:45:13I

00:45:14will

00:45:14find

00:45:14ways

00:45:15to

00:45:15make

00:45:15your

00:45:15life

00:45:16difficult

00:45:16that

00:45:16you

00:45:17have

00:45:17not

00:45:17anticipated

00:45:18and

00:45:19I

00:45:19want

00:45:19you

00:45:20to

00:45:20understand

00:45:20that

00:45:21I

00:45:21am

00:45:21serious.

00:45:22He

00:45:23paused

00:45:23she

00:45:24sounded

00:45:24serious

00:45:25she

00:45:26is

00:45:26always

00:45:27serious

00:45:27C.

00:45:28All

00:45:28said

00:45:28and

00:45:29then

00:45:29despite

00:45:30himself

00:45:31what

00:45:31did

00:45:32you

00:45:32tell

00:45:32her

00:45:33I

00:45:33told

00:45:34her

00:45:34that

00:45:34I

00:45:34understood

00:45:35Sorin

00:45:36said

00:45:36and

00:45:37that

00:45:37I

00:45:37would

00:45:37not

00:45:37hurt

00:45:38you

00:45:38if

00:45:38I

00:45:39could

00:45:39prevent

00:45:39it

00:45:39and

00:45:40that

00:45:41if

00:45:41I

00:45:41failed

00:45:41in

00:45:42that

00:45:42I

00:45:42deserved

00:45:43whatever

00:45:43she

00:45:43chose

00:45:44to

00:45:44do

00:45:45the

00:45:46sleet

00:45:46hit

00:45:46the

00:45:47cafe

00:45:47window

00:45:47in

00:45:48a

00:45:48long

00:45:48whispering

00:45:49wave

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00:53:08was

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00:53:08Sorin's

00:53:09jaw

00:53:09and he

00:53:10could

00:53:10hear

00:53:10the

00:53:10pulse

00:53:11there

00:53:11steady

00:53:12and

00:53:13slightly

00:53:13faster

00:53:14than

00:53:14usual

00:53:14which

00:53:15pleased

00:53:16him

00:53:16more

00:53:16than

00:53:16he

00:53:17could

00:53:17reasonably

00:53:17account

00:53:18for

00:53:19you

00:53:20should

00:53:20go

00:53:20inside

00:53:21Sorin

00:53:22said

00:53:22eventually

00:53:22it's

00:53:24cold

00:53:24yes

00:53:26CL

00:53:26agreed

00:53:27he did

00:53:28not move

00:53:28immediately

00:53:29Sorin

00:53:30made a

00:53:31sound

00:53:31that was

00:53:32almost

00:53:32a

00:53:32laugh

00:53:33almost

00:53:34the

00:53:35suppressed

00:53:35kind

00:53:36the

00:53:36one

00:53:37CL

00:53:37had been

00:53:38cataloging

00:53:38for months

00:53:40Friday

00:53:41Friday

00:53:41Sorin

00:53:42said

00:53:42Friday

00:53:44CL

00:53:44confirmed

00:53:45he

00:53:46went

00:53:47inside

00:53:47he

00:53:48stood

00:53:48in

00:53:48his

00:53:48hallway

00:53:49for

00:53:49some

00:53:49time

00:53:50with

00:53:50his

00:53:50coat

00:53:51still

00:53:51on

00:53:51his

00:53:52fingers

00:53:52touching

00:53:53his

00:53:53own

00:53:54cheekbone

00:53:54where

00:53:55Sorin's

00:53:55thumb

00:53:55had

00:53:56rested

00:53:56and

00:53:57felt

00:53:57the

00:53:57particular

00:53:58quality

00:53:58of

00:53:59happiness

00:53:59that

00:53:59has

00:54:00been

00:54:00a

00:54:00long

00:54:00time

00:54:01coming

00:54:01and

00:54:02so

00:54:02arrives

00:54:03not

00:54:03with

00:54:03fireworks

00:54:04but

00:54:05with

00:54:05the

00:54:05deep

00:54:06settling

00:54:06certainty

00:54:07of

00:54:07something

00:54:08that

00:54:08has

00:54:08finally

00:54:09been

00:54:09allowed

00:54:09to

00:54:10be

00:54:10what

00:54:10it

00:54:10was

00:54:10always

00:54:11going

00:54:11to

00:54:12be

00:54:12he

00:54:13called

00:54:14Petra

00:54:14she

00:54:15screamed

00:54:16for

00:54:16approximately

00:54:1720

00:54:17seconds

00:54:18he

00:54:19held

00:54:19the

00:54:19phone

00:54:19away

00:54:20from

00:54:20his

00:54:20ear

00:54:20and

00:54:21waited

00:54:21tell

00:54:23me

00:54:23everything

00:54:24she

00:54:24said

00:54:25when

00:54:25the

00:54:25screaming

00:54:26had

00:54:26resolved

00:54:26into

00:54:27a

00:54:27high

00:54:27sustained

00:54:28vibration

00:54:28of

00:54:29delight

00:54:29he

00:54:31told

00:54:31her

00:54:31she

00:54:32asked

00:54:3317

00:54:33follow-up

00:54:34questions

00:54:35he

00:54:35answered

00:54:3611

00:54:36of

00:54:36them

00:54:37i

00:54:38knew

00:54:38she

00:54:39said

00:54:39when

00:54:39he

00:54:39was

00:54:40done

00:54:40from

00:54:41the

00:54:41first

00:54:41time

00:54:41you

00:54:42told

00:54:42me

00:54:42about

00:54:42the

00:54:42arm

00:54:43i

00:54:43knew

00:54:44you

00:54:45didn't

00:54:45know

00:54:46CL

00:54:46said

00:54:47you

00:54:47were

00:54:48worried

00:54:48i

00:54:49was

00:54:49worried

00:54:50because

00:54:50i

00:54:50knew

00:54:51she

00:54:51said

00:54:52which

00:54:52is

00:54:52a

00:54:52different

00:54:52thing

00:54:53entirely

00:54:54those

00:54:55are

00:54:55the

00:54:55ones

00:54:55worth

00:54:56worrying

00:54:56about

00:54:57CL

00:54:57the

00:54:58ones

00:54:58that

00:54:58matter

00:54:59he

00:55:00thought

00:55:00about

00:55:00this

00:55:01after

00:55:01they

00:55:01hung

00:55:02up

00:55:02he

00:55:03thought

00:55:03she

00:55:04was

00:55:04probably

00:55:04right

00:55:05the

00:55:06trouble

00:55:06when

00:55:07it

00:55:07came

00:55:07arrived

00:55:08the

00:55:08way

00:55:09trouble

00:55:09usually

00:55:09did

00:55:10in the

00:55:10life

00:55:11Sorin

00:55:11inhabited

00:55:12not

00:55:13announced

00:55:13not

00:55:14gradual

00:55:14but

00:55:15sudden

00:55:16and cold

00:55:17and

00:55:17specifically

00:55:18targeted

00:55:19it

00:55:20it

00:55:20a

00:55:21Thursday

00:55:21afternoon

00:55:22CL's

00:55:23day

00:55:23off

00:55:23he

00:55:24was

00:55:24in

00:55:24his

00:55:25kitchen

00:55:25making

00:55:25lavender

00:55:26shortbread

00:55:27for no

00:55:27particular

00:55:28reason

00:55:28when

00:55:29his

00:55:29phone

00:55:29rang

00:55:30the

00:55:31number

00:55:31was

00:55:31not

00:55:32Sorin's

00:55:32it

00:55:33was

00:55:33not

00:55:33Petrus

00:55:34it

00:55:34was

00:55:35not

00:55:35his

00:55:35supervisors

00:55:36he

00:55:37answered

00:55:37it

00:55:38the

00:55:39voice

00:55:39on the

00:55:39other

00:55:39end

00:55:40was

00:55:40male

00:55:40smooth

00:55:41in

00:55:42the

00:55:42practiced

00:55:42way

00:55:43of

00:55:43someone

00:55:43performing

00:55:44smoothness

00:55:45with an

00:55:46undertone

00:55:46of

00:55:47something

00:55:47unpleasant

00:55:48that

00:55:48CL's

00:55:49precise

00:55:49nose

00:55:50for

00:55:50emotional

00:55:51subtext

00:55:51registered

00:55:52even

00:55:53over

00:55:53the

00:55:53telephone

00:55:54he

00:55:55introduced

00:55:56himself

00:55:56as

00:55:57Raelle

00:55:57Morn

00:55:58the

00:55:59name

00:55:59meant

00:56:00nothing

00:56:00to

00:56:00CL

00:56:01the

00:56:02tone

00:56:02meant

00:56:03a

00:56:03great

00:56:03deal

00:56:03I've

00:56:05been

00:56:05watching

00:56:06your

00:56:06mornings

00:56:07Morn

00:56:07said

00:56:08with

00:56:08the

00:56:09particular

00:56:09satisfaction

00:56:10of

00:56:10someone

00:56:11who

00:56:11expects

00:56:12that

00:56:12information

00:56:13to

00:56:13produce

00:56:13fear

00:56:14the

00:56:15742

00:56:16you

00:56:18and

00:56:18Soren

00:56:18Vale

00:56:19make

00:56:19a

00:56:19charming

00:56:20picture

00:56:20or

00:56:21so

00:56:21I'm

00:56:22told

00:56:22you

00:56:23in

00:56:24particular

00:56:24the

00:56:25blind

00:56:26omega

00:56:26who

00:56:27doesn't

00:56:27know

00:56:27what

00:56:28he's

00:56:28gotten

00:56:28himself

00:56:28into

00:56:30CL

00:56:31set

00:56:31down

00:56:32the

00:56:32shortbread

00:56:32cutter

00:56:33and

00:56:33sat

00:56:33on

00:56:33his

00:56:34kitchen

00:56:34stool

00:56:35what

00:56:36do

00:56:36you

00:56:36want

00:56:37he

00:56:37said

00:56:38his

00:56:38voice

00:56:39was

00:56:39level

00:56:39a

00:56:40brief

00:56:41pause

00:56:41as

00:56:42though

00:56:42Morn

00:56:42had

00:56:43expected

00:56:43a

00:56:43different

00:56:44reaction

00:56:44what

00:56:46I

00:56:46want

00:56:47he

00:56:47said

00:56:47recovering

00:56:48is

00:56:49a

00:56:49message

00:56:50delivered

00:56:51I

00:56:52want

00:56:52Soren

00:56:53Vale

00:56:53to

00:56:53know

00:56:54that

00:56:54the

00:56:54Caldwell

00:56:55district

00:56:55arrangement

00:56:56is

00:56:56non

00:56:57negotiable

00:56:58and

00:56:58that

00:56:59his

00:56:59current

00:56:59renegotiation

00:57:00position

00:57:01is going

00:57:02to cause

00:57:02problems

00:57:03for people

00:57:04he cares

00:57:04about

00:57:05starting

00:57:06with

00:57:06the

00:57:07small

00:57:07pretty

00:57:08problem

00:57:08who

00:57:09takes

00:57:09the

00:57:09742

00:57:10too

00:57:11I

00:57:12see

00:57:13CL

00:57:13said

00:57:14do

00:57:15you

00:57:15Morin

00:57:16said

00:57:16and

00:57:17the

00:57:17smoothness

00:57:18slipped

00:57:18slightly

00:57:19to

00:57:19show

00:57:20something

00:57:20with

00:57:20teeth

00:57:21underneath

00:57:21it

00:57:22I

00:57:23wonder

00:57:24if

00:57:24you

00:57:24actually

00:57:25understand

00:57:25your

00:57:26situation

00:57:27I

00:57:28understand

00:57:29it

00:57:29CL

00:57:30said

00:57:30you're

00:57:31using

00:57:32me

00:57:32as

00:57:32leverage

00:57:33to

00:57:33pressure

00:57:34Soren

00:57:34on a

00:57:34business

00:57:35arrangement

00:57:35you

00:57:36believe

00:57:37that

00:57:37my

00:57:37vulnerability

00:57:38is

00:57:38a

00:57:38usable

00:57:39asset

00:57:39you

00:57:40called

00:57:41me

00:57:41directly

00:57:41because

00:57:42you

00:57:42want

00:57:42me

00:57:42frightened

00:57:43so

00:57:43that

00:57:44either

00:57:44I

00:57:44pressure

00:57:45Soren

00:57:45myself

00:57:46or

00:57:47he

00:57:47discovers

00:57:47you

00:57:47threatened

00:57:48me

00:57:48and

00:57:48reacts

00:57:49from

00:57:49emotion

00:57:50rather

00:57:51than

00:57:51strategy

00:57:52the

00:57:53pause

00:57:54this

00:57:54time

00:57:54was

00:57:54longer

00:57:55you're

00:57:57quite

00:57:57sharp

00:57:57for

00:57:58a

00:57:58pastry

00:57:58chef

00:57:59Morin

00:57:59said

00:58:00I'm

00:58:01quite

00:58:01sharp

00:58:02CL

00:58:02said

00:58:03without

00:58:03the

00:58:04qualifier

00:58:04thank

00:58:05you

00:58:06for

00:58:06calling

00:58:06Soren

00:58:07will

00:58:07be

00:58:07in

00:58:08touch

00:58:09he

00:58:09ended

00:58:10the

00:58:10call

00:58:10and

00:58:11sat

00:58:11for

00:58:11a

00:58:11moment

00:58:12in

00:58:12his

00:58:12kitchen

00:58:12with

00:58:13the

00:58:13smell

00:58:13of

00:58:14lavender

00:58:14rising

00:58:15from

00:58:15the

00:58:15dough

00:58:15and

00:58:16his

00:58:16hands

00:58:17very

00:58:17steady

00:58:18on

00:58:18the

00:58:18counter

00:58:19then

00:58:19he

00:58:19called

00:58:20Soren

00:58:21Soren

00:58:21picked

00:58:21up

00:58:22on

00:58:22the

00:58:22first

00:58:22ring

00:58:23which

00:58:23was

00:58:23different

00:58:24from

00:58:24the

00:58:24usual

00:58:25second

00:58:25or

00:58:25third

00:58:26ring

00:58:26as

00:58:27though

00:58:27he

00:58:27had

00:58:27been

00:58:27waiting

00:58:28for

00:58:28this

00:58:28call

00:58:30Ray

00:58:30El

00:58:30Morn

00:58:31just

00:58:31rang

00:58:31me

00:58:32CL

00:58:32said

00:58:33I

00:58:34know

00:58:34the

00:58:35word

00:58:35came

00:58:35out

00:58:36tightly

00:58:36compressed

00:58:37like

00:58:38something

00:58:38under

00:58:38pressure

00:58:39his

00:58:40people

00:58:40have

00:58:41been

00:58:41watching

00:58:41the

00:58:41train

00:58:41for

00:58:42two

00:58:42weeks

00:58:42I

00:58:43became

00:58:44aware

00:58:44of

00:58:44it

00:58:44four

00:58:44days

00:58:45ago

00:58:45I

00:58:46have

00:58:46been

00:58:46trying

00:58:47to

00:58:47resolve

00:58:47the

00:58:48situation

00:58:48before

00:58:49it

00:58:49reached

00:58:49you

00:58:50it

00:58:51has

00:58:51reached

00:58:52me

00:58:52CL

00:58:53said

00:58:54yes

00:58:55Soren

00:58:56exhaled

00:58:57I

00:58:58know

00:58:58I'm

00:58:59sorry

00:59:00are

00:59:01you

00:59:01coming

00:59:02I

00:59:02am

00:59:03already

00:59:03in

00:59:03the

00:59:03car

00:59:04Soren

00:59:04said

00:59:05he

00:59:06arrived

00:59:06in

00:59:06eleven

00:59:07minutes

00:59:07which

00:59:08was

00:59:08not

00:59:08long

00:59:09enough

00:59:09for

00:59:09CL

00:59:09to

00:59:10have

00:59:10finished

00:59:10the

00:59:10shortbread

00:59:11and

00:59:12so

00:59:12Soren

00:59:12let

00:59:13himself

00:59:13in

00:59:13with

00:59:13the

00:59:14key

00:59:14CL

00:59:14had

00:59:14given

00:59:15him

00:59:15two

00:59:15weeks

00:59:15ago

00:59:16and

00:59:17stood

00:59:17in

00:59:17the

00:59:17kitchen

00:59:17doorway

00:59:18in

00:59:18his

00:59:19good

00:59:19coat

00:59:19while

00:59:20CL

00:59:20pressed

00:59:21the

00:59:21lavender

00:59:21shortbread

00:59:22rounds

00:59:22onto

00:59:23the

00:59:23baking

00:59:23tray

00:59:25you're

00:59:25baking

00:59:26Soren

00:59:26said

00:59:27I

00:59:28had

00:59:28the

00:59:29said

00:59:30it

00:59:31would

00:59:31be

00:59:31wasteful

00:59:31not

00:59:32to

00:59:32finish

00:59:32a

00:59:33pause

00:59:34then

00:59:35are

00:59:36you

00:59:36frightened

00:59:37CL

00:59:38thought

00:59:39about

00:59:39this

00:59:39honestly

00:59:40the

00:59:41way

00:59:41he

00:59:41tried

00:59:41to

00:59:42think

00:59:42about

00:59:42most

00:59:42things

00:59:43I

00:59:44was

00:59:45startled

00:59:45he

00:59:46said

00:59:46when

00:59:47I

00:59:47understood

00:59:47what

00:59:48the

00:59:48call

00:59:48was

00:59:48and

00:59:50then

00:59:50I

00:59:50was

00:59:50annoyed

00:59:51not

00:59:52frightened

00:59:52is

00:59:53that

00:59:54the

00:59:54appropriate

00:59:54response

00:59:55he

00:59:56heard

00:59:56Soren

00:59:57cross

00:59:57the

00:59:57kitchen

00:59:58a

00:59:58moment

00:59:59later

00:59:59the

00:59:59warmth

01:00:00of

01:00:00him

01:00:00was

01:00:00behind

01:00:01CL

01:00:01not

01:00:02touching

01:00:03just

01:00:03close

01:00:04and

01:00:04his

01:00:05voice

01:00:05came

01:00:05from

01:00:06just

01:00:06above

01:00:06and

01:00:07to

01:00:07the

01:00:07right

01:00:08I

01:00:09would

01:00:09prefer

01:00:10you

01:00:10were

01:00:10frightened

01:00:10enough

01:00:11to

01:00:11be

01:00:11careful

01:00:12Soren

01:00:12said

01:00:13quietly

01:00:13not

01:00:14so

01:00:15frightened

01:00:15that

01:00:15it

01:00:16changes

01:00:16what

01:00:16you

01:00:17want

01:00:18what

01:00:19I

01:00:19want

01:00:19hasn't

01:00:20changed

01:00:20CL

01:00:21said

01:00:21he

01:00:22slid

01:00:23the

01:00:23baking

01:00:23tray

01:00:24into

01:00:24the

01:00:24oven

01:00:24and

01:00:25set

01:00:25the

01:00:25timer

01:00:25and

01:00:26turned

01:00:26around

01:00:27orienting

01:00:28by sound

01:00:28toward

01:00:29Soren's

01:00:30breathing

01:00:30which was

01:00:31controlled

01:00:31in the way

01:00:32of something

01:00:33that was not

01:00:33calm

01:00:34but was

01:00:35choosing to

01:00:35be

01:00:36he found

01:00:37Soren's

01:00:38coat lapel

01:00:39with his

01:00:39free hand

01:00:40and held it

01:00:41tell me about

01:00:42Morn

01:00:43he said

01:00:45Soren told him

01:00:46Rail Morn

01:00:47ran a competing

01:00:48organization in the

01:00:49Caldwell district

01:00:50older money than the

01:00:51vales

01:00:52but less

01:00:53disciplined

01:00:53built on

01:00:54intimidation

01:00:55rather than

01:00:56strategy

01:00:57the

01:00:58renegotiation

01:00:59Morn had

01:00:59referenced

01:01:00was a

01:01:00territorial

01:01:01boundary

01:01:01matter

01:01:02Soren had

01:01:02been working

01:01:03through for

01:01:03six weeks

01:01:04and Morn

01:01:05feeling the

01:01:06pressure

01:01:07had decided

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01:08:52son

01:08:52does

01:08:53not

01:08:53do

01:08:53things

01:08:54without

01:08:54a

01:08:54strategic

01:08:55reason

01:08:55I

01:08:56could

01:08:57not

01:08:57identify

01:08:58the

01:08:58strategy

01:08:59and

01:09:00now

01:09:01he

01:09:02looked

01:09:02at

01:09:02you

01:09:02Korvan

01:09:03said

01:09:03when

01:09:04you

01:09:04came

01:09:04through

01:09:05the

01:09:05door

01:09:05there

01:09:06is

01:09:06a

01:09:06way

01:09:07that

01:09:07a

01:09:07person

01:09:07looks

01:09:08at

01:09:08something

01:09:08they

01:09:09consider

01:09:09irreplaceable

01:09:11I

01:09:12have

01:09:12seen

01:09:12it

01:09:13twice

01:09:13in

01:09:13my

01:09:13life

01:09:14once

01:09:15when

01:09:15I

01:09:16looked

01:09:16at

01:09:16his

01:09:16mother

01:09:17once

01:09:18just

01:09:19now

01:09:20the

01:09:21room

01:09:21was

01:09:22quiet

01:09:22soaring

01:09:23behind

01:09:23Sial

01:09:24said

01:09:24nothing

01:09:25but

01:09:26his

01:09:26hand

01:09:26which

01:09:27had

01:09:27been

01:09:27at

01:09:27the

01:09:27small

01:09:28of

01:09:28Sial's

01:09:28back

01:09:29in

01:09:29the

01:09:29way

01:09:29it

01:09:29sometimes

01:09:30rested

01:09:30there

01:09:31during

01:09:31navigation

01:09:32pressed

01:09:33very

01:09:33slightly

01:09:34warmer

01:09:35Sial

01:09:36said

01:09:36he

01:09:37has

01:09:37been

01:09:38good

01:09:38to

01:09:38me

01:09:38very

01:09:39precisely

01:09:40good

01:09:41in

01:09:41the

01:09:41ways

01:09:42that

01:09:42matter

01:09:43Korvan

01:09:44said

01:09:44yes

01:09:46he

01:09:47is not

01:09:47good

01:09:48at

01:09:48everything

01:09:48but

01:09:49what

01:09:50he

01:09:50commits

01:09:50to

01:09:51he

01:09:52is

01:09:52very

01:09:52good

01:09:53at

01:09:54they

01:09:55had

01:09:55lunch

01:09:55it

01:09:56was

01:09:56long

01:09:57and

01:09:57moved

01:09:57through

01:09:58multiple

01:09:58courses

01:09:59and

01:09:59ended

01:09:59with

01:10:00the

01:10:00quiet

01:10:00of

01:10:01people

01:10:01who

01:10:01had

01:10:02done

01:10:02the

01:10:02work

01:10:02of

01:10:03actually

01:10:03knowing

01:10:04each

01:10:04other

01:10:04Fenn

01:10:05arrived

01:10:06halfway

01:10:06through

01:10:07having

01:10:07apparently

01:10:08not

01:10:08been

01:10:08able

01:10:09to

01:10:09resist

01:10:09and

01:10:10was

01:10:10the

01:10:10only

01:10:11loud

01:10:11thing

01:10:11in

01:10:12the

01:10:12room

01:10:12and

01:10:12was

01:10:13also

01:10:13Sial

01:10:14thought

01:10:14genuinely

01:10:15delightful

01:10:17Fenn

01:10:17said

01:10:18at

01:10:18one

01:10:18point

01:10:18I

01:10:19called

01:10:20them

01:10:20you

01:10:20know

01:10:20before

01:10:21they

01:10:21got

01:10:22together

01:10:22properly

01:10:22I

01:10:23gave

01:10:24him

01:10:24the

01:10:24whole

01:10:24speech

01:10:25Saurin

01:10:26said

01:10:26I

01:10:27know

01:10:27you

01:10:28weren't

01:10:29supposed

01:10:29to

01:10:29know

01:10:29that

01:10:30yet

01:10:30Fenn

01:10:30said

01:10:31CL

01:10:32told

01:10:32me

01:10:32on

01:10:33the

01:10:33train

01:10:33Saurin

01:10:34said

01:10:34Fenn

01:10:35turned

01:10:36to

01:10:36CL

01:10:36you

01:10:38told

01:10:38him

01:10:38he

01:10:39deserved

01:10:40to

01:10:40know

01:10:40CL

01:10:41said

01:10:41and

01:10:42you

01:10:42were

01:10:43right

01:10:43to

01:10:43call

01:10:44I

01:10:45told

01:10:45you

01:10:45that

01:10:45at

01:10:45the

01:10:45time

01:10:46you

01:10:47did

01:10:47Fenn

01:10:48said

01:10:48and

01:10:49there

01:10:49was

01:10:49something

01:10:50in

01:10:50his

01:10:50voice

01:10:51that

01:10:51was

01:10:51the

01:10:51uncomplicated

01:10:52happiness

01:10:53of a

01:10:53younger

01:10:54brother

01:10:54who

01:10:55loves

01:10:55his

01:10:55sibling

01:10:56without

01:10:56qualification

01:10:57I

01:10:58just

01:10:59wasn't

01:10:59sure

01:11:00he deserved

01:11:00it yet

01:11:01when I

01:11:02called

01:11:02he does

01:11:04now

01:11:04Saurin

01:11:05said

01:11:06quietly

01:11:07and with

01:11:07no particular

01:11:08inflection

01:11:09thank you

01:11:10Fenn

01:11:11Fenn

01:11:12said

01:11:12I know

01:11:14I know

01:11:14don't get

01:11:15sentimental

01:11:16but

01:11:17but he

01:11:17was

01:11:17already

01:11:18refilling

01:11:18everyone's

01:11:19glasses

01:11:20the

01:11:21weeks

01:11:21after

01:11:21that

01:11:22had

01:11:22a

01:11:22different

01:11:22quality

01:11:23not

01:11:23more

01:11:24intense

01:11:24exactly

01:11:25but

01:11:25more

01:11:26settled

01:11:26the

01:11:27way

01:11:28a

01:11:28river

01:11:28settles

01:11:28when

01:11:29it

01:11:29has

01:11:29found

01:11:29its

01:11:29course

01:11:31CL

01:11:32continued

01:11:32to

01:11:32take

01:11:32the

01:11:33742

01:11:33and

01:11:34find

01:11:34the

01:11:35arm

01:11:35at

01:11:35the

01:11:35third

01:11:35rear

01:11:36door

01:11:36but

01:11:37now

01:11:37there

01:11:38were

01:11:38other

01:11:38things

01:11:39also

01:11:40Sunday

01:11:41mornings

01:11:41at

01:11:41Corvans

01:11:42where

01:11:42the

01:11:42old

01:11:43man

01:11:43would

01:11:43say

01:11:43something

01:11:44dry

01:11:44and

01:11:45precise

01:11:45that

01:11:46made

01:11:46CL

01:11:46understand

01:11:47exactly

01:11:47where

01:11:48Sorin's

01:11:48personality

01:11:49had

01:11:49come

01:11:50from

01:11:51Tuesday

01:11:51evenings

01:11:52in

01:11:52CL's

01:11:53kitchen

01:11:53or

01:11:54Sorin's

01:11:54apartment

01:11:55which

01:11:55smelled

01:11:56so

01:11:56strongly

01:11:57of

01:11:57cedar

01:11:57that

01:11:57CL

01:11:58had

01:11:58told

01:11:58him

01:11:59once

01:11:59it

01:11:59was

01:11:59like

01:12:00being

01:12:00inside

01:12:00his

01:12:01own

01:12:01memory

01:12:01of

01:12:02him

01:12:03Sorin

01:12:03had

01:12:04gone

01:12:04very

01:12:04still

01:12:05and

01:12:05said

01:12:05quietly

01:12:06I

01:12:07don't

01:12:08know

01:12:08what

01:12:08to

01:12:08do

01:12:08with

01:12:08that

01:12:09and

01:12:10CL

01:12:10had

01:12:11said

01:12:11you

01:12:12don't

01:12:12have

01:12:12to

01:12:12do

01:12:13anything

01:12:13with

01:12:13it

01:12:13it's

01:12:14just

01:12:14true

01:12:16Sorin

01:12:16had

01:12:17held

01:12:17his

01:12:17hand

01:12:17for

01:12:18the

01:12:18rest

01:12:18of

01:12:18the

01:12:18evening

01:12:19there

01:12:20was

01:12:20the

01:12:20morning

01:12:21in

01:12:21March

01:12:21when

01:12:22CL

01:12:22woke

01:12:22up

01:12:23in

01:12:23Sorin's

01:12:23apartment

01:12:24for

01:12:24the

01:12:24first

01:12:24time

01:12:25in

01:12:25a

01:12:25bed

01:12:26that

01:12:26smelled

01:12:26entirely

01:12:27of

01:12:27cedar

01:12:28and

01:12:28winter

01:12:28stone

01:12:29and

01:12:30lay

01:12:30still

01:12:30taking

01:12:31inventory

01:12:32of

01:12:32the

01:12:32room

01:12:33the

01:12:34particular

01:12:34silence

01:12:35of a

01:12:35high

01:12:35floor

01:12:36apartment

01:12:37the

01:12:37slow

01:12:38deep

01:12:38breathing

01:12:39of

01:12:39Sorin

01:12:40still

01:12:40asleep

01:12:41the

01:12:42faint

01:12:42light

01:12:42pressing

01:12:43through

01:12:43curtains

01:12:44Sorin

01:12:44had

01:12:45told

01:12:45him

01:12:45were

01:12:45charcoal

01:12:46gray

01:12:46which

01:12:47matched

01:12:48nothing

01:12:48else

01:12:48in

01:12:49the

01:12:49room

01:12:49because

01:12:50Sorin

01:12:50apparently

01:12:51did not

01:12:51decorate

01:12:52so much

01:12:52as

01:12:53occupy

01:12:53spaces

01:12:54he

01:12:56he

01:12:56lay

01:12:56still

01:12:56and

01:12:57listened

01:12:57to

01:12:57Sorin

01:12:58breathe

01:12:58he

01:12:59thought

01:13:00about

01:13:00the

01:13:00Tuesday

01:13:00morning

01:13:01three

01:13:01years

01:13:02ago

01:13:02when

01:13:02he

01:13:03had

01:13:03been

01:13:03peeling

01:13:03peaches

01:13:04and

01:13:04the

01:13:04light

01:13:05had

01:13:05gone

01:13:05and

01:13:06how

01:13:07that

01:13:07loss

01:13:08had

01:13:08remade

01:13:08him

01:13:09into

01:13:09a

01:13:09person

01:13:09who

01:13:10lived

01:13:10entirely

01:13:11in

01:13:11a

01:13:11world

01:13:12of

01:13:12touch

01:13:12and

01:13:13sound

01:13:13and

01:13:14smell

01:13:14and

01:13:15how

01:13:16that

01:13:16person

01:13:16had

01:13:17on

01:13:17a

01:13:17Wednesday

01:13:18morning

01:13:18in

01:13:19November

01:13:19reached

01:13:20for

01:13:20a

01:13:21rail

01:13:21and

01:13:21found

01:13:22a

01:13:22pulse

01:13:22instead

01:13:24he

01:13:25thought

01:13:25about

01:13:25how

01:13:25the

01:13:26world

01:13:26organized

01:13:27itself

01:13:27sometimes

01:13:28in

01:13:29ways

01:13:29you

01:13:29could

01:13:30not

01:13:30have

01:13:30planned

01:13:30for

01:13:31and

01:13:31would

01:13:32not

01:13:32have

01:13:32chosen

01:13:33and

01:13:34that

01:13:34turned

01:13:34out

01:13:34when

01:13:35you

01:13:35were

01:13:35standing

01:13:36in

01:13:36the

01:13:36middle

01:13:36of

01:13:36them

01:13:37to

01:13:37be

01:13:37exactly

01:13:38right

01:13:40Sorin

01:13:40stirred

01:13:41his

01:13:42breathing

01:13:42changed

01:13:43and

01:13:43then

01:13:43he

01:13:44said

01:13:44still

01:13:45half

01:13:45asleep

01:13:46his

01:13:46voice

01:13:47rougher

01:13:47and

01:13:48lower

01:13:48than

01:13:48usual

01:13:50you're

01:13:50awake

01:13:52yes

01:13:52CL

01:13:53said

01:13:54how

01:13:55long

01:13:55a

01:13:56while

01:13:57CL

01:13:57said

01:13:58i

01:13:59was

01:13:59thinking

01:13:59about

01:14:00what

01:14:00the

01:14:02train

01:14:02CL

01:14:03said

01:14:03the

01:14:04first

01:14:04morning

01:14:05a

01:14:06pause

01:14:06then

01:14:07Sorin

01:14:08more

01:14:08awake

01:14:08now

01:14:09his

01:14:09voice

01:14:10settling

01:14:10into

01:14:11its

01:14:11usual

01:14:11register

01:14:12you

01:14:13were

01:14:14so

01:14:14calm

01:14:14when

01:14:15you

01:14:15realized

01:14:16i

01:14:18was

01:14:18mortified

01:14:19CL

01:14:19said

01:14:20you

01:14:21didn't

01:14:21sound

01:14:22mortified

01:14:22i

01:14:24had

01:14:24good

01:14:24control

01:14:25of

01:14:25my

01:14:25face

01:14:25CL

01:14:26said

01:14:26inside

01:14:28i

01:14:28was

01:14:28calculating

01:14:29how

01:14:29quickly

01:14:29i

01:14:30could

01:14:30find

01:14:30the

01:14:30actual

01:14:31rail

01:14:31and

01:14:32pretend

01:14:32the

01:14:32previous

01:14:33thirty

01:14:33seconds

01:14:34had

01:14:34not

01:14:34occurred

01:14:36Sorin

01:14:36made

01:14:37the

01:14:37almost

01:14:37laugh

01:14:38sound

01:14:38the

01:14:39one

01:14:39that

01:14:39had

01:14:39been

01:14:40becoming

01:14:40gradually

01:14:41more

01:14:41actual

01:14:42over

01:14:42the

01:14:42months

01:14:43the

01:14:43suppression

01:14:44thinner

01:14:44now

01:14:45the

01:14:45warmth

01:14:46showing

01:14:46through

01:14:47i

01:14:48didn't

01:14:48want

01:14:49you

01:14:49to

01:14:49let

01:14:49go

01:14:49Sorin

01:14:50said

01:14:51i

01:14:52know

01:14:52CL

01:14:53said

01:14:53i

01:14:54could

01:14:54tell

01:14:56how

01:14:56you

01:14:57didn't

01:14:58move

01:14:58CL

01:14:59said

01:14:59the

01:15:00whole

01:15:00time

01:15:01you

01:15:02could

01:15:02have

01:15:02shifted

01:15:02your

01:15:03arm

01:15:03you

01:15:03could

01:15:04have

01:15:04said

01:15:04something

01:15:04when

01:15:05i

01:15:05first

01:15:05grabbed

01:15:05it

01:15:06instead

01:15:07you

01:15:07held

01:15:08completely

01:15:08still

01:15:09like

01:15:09if

01:15:10you

01:15:10moved

01:15:10i

01:15:11might

01:15:11startle

01:15:11and

01:15:12run

01:15:13i

01:15:14was

01:15:14afraid

01:15:14you

01:15:14would

01:15:15Sorin

01:15:15said

01:15:16i

01:15:17almost

01:15:18did

01:15:18CL

01:15:19said

01:15:19honestly

01:15:19when

01:15:21i

01:15:21realized

01:15:21and

01:15:23then

01:15:23i

01:15:23didn't

01:15:24because

01:15:24the

01:15:25arm

01:15:25was

01:15:25there

01:15:25and

01:15:26it

01:15:26was

01:15:26warm

01:15:27and

01:15:27i

01:15:27thought

01:15:28whatever

01:15:29this

01:15:29is

01:15:30it

01:15:30is

01:15:30not

01:15:31trying

01:15:31to

01:15:31harm

01:15:32me

01:15:33Sorin

01:15:34was

01:15:34quiet

01:15:35for

01:15:35a

01:15:35moment

01:15:35that

01:15:37was

01:15:37correct

01:15:37he

01:15:38said

01:15:38i

01:15:39know

01:15:40CL

01:15:40said

01:15:41i

01:15:42have

01:15:42very

01:15:42good

01:15:42instincts

01:15:43he

01:15:44felt

01:15:45Sorin's

01:15:45hand

01:15:46find

01:15:46his

01:15:46in

01:15:46the

01:15:47dark

01:15:47of

01:15:47the

01:15:47room

01:15:47the

01:15:48way

01:15:48it

01:15:48had

01:15:48on

01:15:49the

01:15:49Tuesday

01:15:49evening

01:15:49walk

01:15:50in

01:15:50February

01:15:51without

01:15:51announcement

01:15:52without

01:15:53explanation

01:15:54just

01:15:55fingers

01:15:55closing

01:15:56around

01:15:56fingers

01:15:57as

01:15:57though

01:15:57that

01:15:58was

01:15:58simply

01:15:59what

01:15:59hands

01:15:59did

01:16:00when

01:16:00they

01:16:00were

01:16:00in

01:16:01proximity

01:16:01to

01:16:02each

01:16:02other

01:16:02and

01:16:03had

01:16:03stopped

01:16:03pretending

01:16:04otherwise

01:16:05they

01:16:06lay

01:16:06like

01:16:07that

01:16:07in

01:16:07the

01:16:07charcoal

01:16:08curtained

01:16:08room

01:16:08with

01:16:09the

01:16:09high

01:16:09floor

01:16:10silence

01:16:10and

01:16:11the

01:16:11cedar

01:16:11smell

01:16:12and

01:16:13CL

01:16:13thought

01:16:14that

01:16:14the

01:16:14world

01:16:15which

01:16:15he

01:16:15navigated

01:16:16entirely

01:16:17by what

01:16:18was

01:16:18actually

01:16:18there

01:16:19rather

01:16:20than

01:16:20by

01:16:20what

01:16:20it

01:16:21looked

01:16:21like

01:16:21was

01:16:22a

01:16:22more

01:16:23precise

01:16:23and

01:16:24more

01:16:24honest

01:16:25place

01:16:25than

01:16:25most

01:16:26people

01:16:26knew

01:16:26the

01:16:28spring

01:16:28arrived

01:16:29and

01:16:29the

01:16:30train

01:16:30continued

01:16:30the

01:16:31arm

01:16:32was

01:16:32always

01:16:32there

01:16:33at

01:16:33the

01:16:33third

01:16:34rear

01:16:34door

01:16:34extended

01:16:35at

01:16:36exactly

01:16:36the

01:16:36right

01:16:37height

01:16:37but

01:16:37now

01:16:38occasionally

01:16:38when

01:16:39the

01:16:39train

01:16:39lurched

01:16:40through

01:16:40the

01:16:40Caldwell

01:16:41tunnel

01:16:41and

01:16:42CL's

01:16:42shoulder

01:16:43pressed

01:16:43against

01:16:44Soren's

01:16:44sleeve

01:16:44Soren

01:16:46would

01:16:46tilt

01:16:46his

01:16:46head

01:16:47so

01:16:47his

01:16:47jaw

01:16:48rested

01:16:48briefly

01:16:49against

01:16:49CL's

01:16:50hair

01:16:50the

01:16:51lightest

01:16:52possible

01:16:52pressure

01:16:53there

01:16:54and

01:16:54gone

01:16:54and

01:16:55no

01:16:55one

01:16:56in the

01:16:56crowded

01:16:56compartment

01:16:57noticed

01:16:57except

01:16:58CL

01:16:58who

01:16:59noticed

01:16:59everything

01:17:01he had

01:17:02stopped

01:17:02calling it

01:17:03an arm

01:17:03he was

01:17:04holding

01:17:04he had

01:17:05not

01:17:05replaced

01:17:06the

01:17:06word

01:17:06with

01:17:07anything

01:17:07more

01:17:07formal

01:17:08it

01:17:09was

01:17:09just

01:17:09Soren

01:17:10he

01:17:11held

01:17:11on

01:17:11to

01:17:11Soren

01:17:12on

01:17:12the

01:17:12742

01:17:13and

01:17:14the

01:17:14train

01:17:14moved

01:17:15through

01:17:15the

01:17:15city

01:17:16and

01:17:16the

01:17:17world

01:17:17was

01:17:17exactly

01:17:18as

01:17:18reliable

01:17:18as

01:17:19the

01:17:19warmth

01:17:19under

01:17:19his

01:17:20fingers

01:17:20had

01:17:20always

01:17:21told

01:17:21him

01:17:21it

01:17:21would

01:17:22be

01:17:23Petra

01:17:24came

01:17:24for

01:17:24dinner

01:17:25the

01:17:25first

01:17:25Saturday

01:17:26in

01:17:26April

01:17:26and

01:17:27ate

01:17:27the

01:17:27lavender

01:17:27shortbread

01:17:28CL

01:17:28had

01:17:28made

01:17:29and

01:17:29listened

01:17:30to

01:17:30the

01:17:30spring

01:17:30update

01:17:31which

01:17:32took

01:17:32some

01:17:32time

01:17:32to

01:17:33deliver

01:17:33because

01:17:33she

01:17:34kept

01:17:34interrupting

01:17:34with

01:17:35questions

01:17:35and

01:17:36occasionally

01:17:36with

01:17:37sounds

01:17:37that

01:17:37were

01:17:37not

01:17:38words

01:17:39when

01:17:40he

01:17:40was

01:17:40finished

01:17:40she

01:17:41said

01:17:42so

01:17:42let

01:17:42me

01:17:43make

01:17:43sure

01:17:43I

01:17:43have

01:17:43this

01:17:44the

01:17:45most

01:17:45dangerous

01:17:46alpha

01:17:46in

01:17:47Valon

01:17:47city

01:17:47rode

01:17:48a

01:17:48commuter

01:17:48train

01:17:49for

01:17:49three

01:17:49weeks

01:17:50to

01:17:50be

01:17:50in

01:17:50a

01:17:50position

01:17:51to

01:17:51give

01:17:51you

01:17:52his

01:17:52arm

01:17:52you

01:17:53called

01:17:54his

01:17:54bluff

01:17:54by

01:17:54holding

01:17:55on

01:17:55you

01:17:56had

01:17:56tea

01:17:56with

01:17:57him

01:17:57every

01:17:57Friday

01:17:58for

01:17:58four

01:17:58months

01:17:59he

01:18:00took

01:18:00you

01:18:00home

01:18:00to

01:18:00meet

01:18:00his

01:18:01father

01:18:01you

01:18:02stayed

01:18:02over

01:18:03and

01:18:04now

01:18:04you

01:18:04hold

01:18:04his

01:18:05arm

01:18:05on

01:18:05the

01:18:05train

01:18:06every

01:18:06morning

01:18:06and

01:18:07it

01:18:07is

01:18:08simply

01:18:08your

01:18:08morning

01:18:10yes

01:18:10CL

01:18:11said

01:18:12that

01:18:13is

01:18:13Petra

01:18:14said

01:18:14and

01:18:15her

01:18:15voice

01:18:15had

01:18:16the

01:18:16particular

01:18:16quality

01:18:17of

01:18:17someone

01:18:17genuinely

01:18:18moved

01:18:19who

01:18:19was

01:18:19trying

01:18:19not

01:18:20to

01:18:20show

01:18:20it

01:18:20and

01:18:21not

01:18:21quite

01:18:21succeeding

01:18:23the

01:18:23most

01:18:24CL

01:18:24thing

01:18:24that

01:18:25has

01:18:25ever

01:18:25happened

01:18:26to

01:18:26anyone

01:18:27I

01:18:28don't

01:18:28know

01:18:28what

01:18:28that

01:18:29means

01:18:29CL

01:18:30said

01:18:30it

01:18:31means

01:18:32she

01:18:33said

01:18:33that

01:18:34you

01:18:34built

01:18:34yourself

01:18:35a

01:18:35completely

01:18:35different

01:18:36relationship

01:18:36with

01:18:37the

01:18:37world

01:18:37and

01:18:38then

01:18:38you

01:18:38applied

01:18:38it

01:18:39and

01:18:39it

01:18:39worked

01:18:40and

01:18:41you

01:18:41found

01:18:41something

01:18:42true

01:18:42because

01:18:43you

01:18:43were

01:18:43only

01:18:43ever

01:18:44able

01:18:44to

01:18:44feel

01:18:45for

01:18:45what

01:18:45was

01:18:45actually

01:18:46there

01:18:46instead

01:18:47of

01:18:47getting

01:18:47distracted

01:18:48by

01:18:48what

01:18:48things

01:18:49looked

01:18:49like

01:18:50he

01:18:51sat

01:18:51with

01:18:51this

01:18:52for

01:18:52a

01:18:52moment

01:18:52he

01:18:53thought

01:18:54that

01:18:55was

01:18:55probably

01:18:55right

01:18:56he

01:18:57thought

01:18:57the

01:18:58world

01:18:58is a

01:18:59very

01:18:59precise

01:19:00place

01:19:00if

01:19:01you

01:19:01pay

01:19:01it

01:19:02the

01:19:02right

01:19:02attention

01:19:02he

01:19:03thought

01:19:03cedar

01:19:06rainwashed

01:19:06stone

01:19:07a pulse

01:19:09under his

01:19:09fingers

01:19:10a warmth

01:19:11that had

01:19:11not moved

01:19:12even once

01:19:13through all

01:19:13the swaying

01:19:14and the

01:19:15crowd

01:19:15and the

01:19:16noise

01:19:16of the

01:19:17train

01:19:17he

01:19:18thought

01:19:19i

01:19:20held

01:19:20on

01:19:21he

01:19:22was

01:19:22glad

01:19:23he

01:19:23had

01:19:25if

01:19:25you

01:19:26enjoyed

01:19:26this

01:19:26story

01:19:27please

01:19:27like

01:19:28share

01:19:28and

01:19:28subscribe

01:19:29it

01:19:30truly

01:19:30helps

01:19:31the

01:19:31channel

01:19:31grow

01:19:31my

01:19:33beautiful

01:19:33heaven

01:19:34angels

01:19:34tell me

01:19:35your

01:19:35thoughts

01:19:36in the

01:19:36comments

01:19:37which

01:19:37part

01:19:38did

01:19:38you

01:19:38like

01:19:38the

01:19:38most

01:19:39and

01:19:39where

01:19:40can

01:19:40i

01:19:40improve

01:19:40i

01:19:42love

01:19:42reading

01:19:42and

01:19:43replying

01:19:43to

01:19:43your

01:19:44comments

01:19:44it

01:19:45means

01:19:45the

01:19:45world

01:19:45to

01:19:46me

01:19:46and

01:19:47if

01:19:47you

01:19:47want

01:19:47to

01:19:47hear

01:19:48more

01:19:48stories

01:19:48with

01:19:49the

01:19:49heat

01:19:49turned

01:19:49all

01:19:50the

01:19:50way

01:19:50up

01:19:51my

01:19:51patreon

01:19:52is

01:19:52in

01:19:52the

01:19:52description

01:19:53below

01:19:53let

01:19:54us

01:19:54meet

01:19:55again

01:19:55next

01:19:55time

01:19:56with

01:19:56a

01:19:56better

01:19:56story

01:19:57until

01:19:58then

01:19:58i

01:19:59hope

01:19:59you

01:20:00all

01:20:00have

01:20:00a

01:20:01great

01:20:01time

01:20:20go

01:20:44to

The Blind Omega Leaned on the Alpha Don's Arm on a Crowded Train — He Thought It Was a Pole

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