[He can see it - not the way he used to see everything, no life turning points in the minutiae of her eyelashes, but in the normal way, the old casual rusty skill of reading people.]
If that were completely true, you wouldn't be.
[Not vicious, but just a little cold, a little sharp. It's punishment, it's temptation, it's her own sin wound around her, given life.]
private voice;
If that were completely true, you wouldn't be.
[Not vicious, but just a little cold, a little sharp. It's punishment, it's temptation, it's her own sin wound around her, given life.]
But it's alight. I'm still here.
[Keep your faith, I have not abandoned you.]