“You ever think about parallel universes?” I scoff, shaking my head with a small laugh. “No, Miss Eternal Damnation, but I’m sure you have, and you’re about to tell me all about it.” Phi doesn’t lift her head, doesn’t even shift in my arms, but I feel her smile against my shoulder, soft and fleeting, like she’s still with me, even if her mind’s somewhere far away. “It’s this idea that every choice we make creates another universe,” she murmurs, her voice low and steady, like she’s thought about this a thousand times before. “When I’m stoned, I like to think there’s a version of me out there
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