It had bewildered her, back at Canaan House, how the whole of her always seemed to come back to Gideon. For one brief and beautiful space of time, she had welcomed it: that microcosm of eternity between forgiveness and the slow, uncomprehending agony of the fall.
It had bewildered her, back at Canaan House, how the whole of her always seemed to come back to Gideon. For one brief and beautiful space of time, she had welcomed it: that microcosm of eternity between forgiveness and the slow, uncomprehending agony of the fall.
Clack. Pause. “I’d carry you with me either way.”
Pause. “What do you mean?”
Pause. Clack. “I’ve carried you, Warden. And I’ve carried your memory … I’d rather carry you.”
Clack. Pause. “I’d carry you with me either way.”
Pause. “What do you mean?”
Pause. Clack. “I’ve carried you, Warden. And I’ve carried your memory … I’d rather carry you.”
Camilla raised her chin. She looked at the dead face. She said quietly—
“Yes, Warden, I will always know you.”
Camilla raised her chin. She looked at the dead face. She said quietly—
“Yes, Warden, I will always know you.”
Clack. “Sure. That’s why I gave them to you.”
Clack. Pause. Pause. Pause.
“I hope you know that I adore you, Scholar.”
Clack. “Indubitably, Warden.”
Clack. “Sure. That’s why I gave them to you.”
Clack. Pause. Pause. Pause.
“I hope you know that I adore you, Scholar.”
Clack. “Indubitably, Warden.”
Pause. “Yes.”
Clack. “Camilla, I mean it.”
Pause. “I meant it too. You used to say it to me.”
“We are one flesh.” Clack.
“I am your end.”
Pause. “Yes.”
Clack. “Camilla, I mean it.”
Pause. “I meant it too. You used to say it to me.”
“We are one flesh.” Clack.
“I am your end.”
“I’m well aware of that, thanks,” said Mercy. “You go flip some planets to give us a firebreak.”
Ortus the First said, “Now you’re telling me my own job.”
“Oh, I hate you! I’ve always hated you, you dreary, repetitive leg,” said Mercymorn passionately
DULCINEA Are you sure?
PALAMEDES For the first time, and the last.
DULCINEA Are you sure?
PALAMEDES For the first time, and the last.
“Suck it down,” said Gideon. “You’re already two hundred dead daughters and sons of our House. What’s one more?”
“Suck it down,” said Gideon. “You’re already two hundred dead daughters and sons of our House. What’s one more?”
“I’m not anybody’s son or daughter,” said Gideon firmly, now in no small panic.
“I’m not anybody’s son or daughter,” said Gideon firmly, now in no small panic.
In the darkness, the figure was naked and whole and unhurt.
In the darkness, the figure was naked and whole and unhurt.
In the darkness, the figure was naked and whole and unhurt.
I’ll pull up your sheets. I’ll kill the light,
Lie down beside you; die; and sleep the night.
This time will be the time we get it right:
Forgiveness not so hard, nor anger long;
Our graves will be less deep, our lies less true.
You held aloft the sword.
I still love y
I’ll pull up your sheets. I’ll kill the light,
Lie down beside you; die; and sleep the night.
This time will be the time we get it right:
Forgiveness not so hard, nor anger long;
Our graves will be less deep, our lies less true.
You held aloft the sword.
I still love y
pra ser sincera botei o 2 e o 3 mas amo o 1 também e escuto os três juntos como se fossem um só
pra ser sincera botei o 2 e o 3 mas amo o 1 também e escuto os três juntos como se fossem um só