I shook my head in exasperation at his heresy but allowed myself to consider his point. After all, perhaps I was not the most objective audience, for would anyone else have so diligently memorized the precise slant of his cheekbones? The gentle slope of his nose? The sharp angle of his jawline, the perfect plush curve of his lower lip? To me, these features would be recognisable anywhere, even in pitch darkness or infirm blindness. I had memorised them all in pristine precision with not just my eyes, but my fingers, my mouth, my tongue, my breath. I would recognise his face always, in any
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