Blackwell took a deep breath. “I knew something about you was special the very first time I saw you. Of course, I know I do not remember our true first meeting, but I suspect if I was somehow a different being then, one with all my memories, I was clearly still enamored with you enough to tell you about the key that would bring me my freedom. Something about you calls to me in a way I cannot explain, and your essence has always felt familiar, but I couldn’t figure out why. You mentioned you were looking for someone named Gabriel”—he took another deep breath—“and things slowly began to click.”
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