19/02/2026 05:28

---

I got my answer. I jumped from the feel of it. He looked strangely suspicious, and I realized that it was my expression in his eyes, more than his, as if I'd taught him that look, and this caution. Everything I loved in him is gone, lost to this mind sickness.

Micah pretended that nothing was wrong. Pretty naughty for a church deacon. Avery Seabrook and Wicked and Truth are among those jumping ship. I can't drink, can't eat a steak, and dying didn't make me sexier.