Auria was the kind of person who, when a loved one did or said something she didn’t like—something that challenged her shiny worldview—would rather end the relationship than try to understand or reconcile. After arguments, she would give the cold shoulder for weeks or months or forever, cutting the antagonism clean out. Self-preservation was the charitable explanation, but Saff often suspected it was to do with the desire for a perfect world, a perfect life. Auria could not handle imperfect people.
