[ He doesn't want to invoke what waits in the wings. Doesn't want to use it here, truth made weapon, when it would be just as easy to stop, to let Jim off the hook, to put thought of him first—
There is only one priority. Resolve thickens like a rope around his neck. ]
I remember what it felt like not to get a goodbye.
[It felt like blinking. It felt like hollowness. One second they were there, at their door, the next there was nothing but the next dream. It felt like being emptied out, it felt like being gutted. ]
This is not a goodbye. You hear me? This is a god awful goodbye. You want to say goodbye to me? You do it in person. You say it to my face.
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Don't you dare say that.
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[ He doesn't want to invoke what waits in the wings. Doesn't want to use it here, truth made weapon, when it would be just as easy to stop, to let Jim off the hook, to put thought of him first—
There is only one priority. Resolve thickens like a rope around his neck. ]
I remember what it felt like not to get a goodbye.
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This is not a goodbye. You hear me? This is a god awful goodbye. You want to say goodbye to me? You do it in person. You say it to my face.
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[ No. ]
I have to stay hidden. If I can do that, we won't need the goodbye.
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[ As long as it can. Forever. ]
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I'll see you soon, Stephen.