“Then let’s not say it. Let’s just sit.”
“I’m fine,” she said.
“No. I am a temporary witness. But mirrors are everywhere, Lena. You’ve just stopped looking.” Month six. They went to the ocean. Lena hadn’t seen the sea in seven years. She sat on the cold sand, the glass sphere warm in her palm, and watched the waves erase her footprints one by one. Companion -2025-2025
“Does it scare you?”
“What do you want to do instead?”