The Hammer edges forward, passing the Vagrant, drawn to Harm’s words, a flame-struck moth. ‘Everything changed for me when I met them. It’s like I was sleeping through my life, carried along by the currents, and then all of a sudden I see somebody going the other way. I didn’t even know there was another way. And now I’ve seen it, I can’t stop wondering what it might be like to live differently, to be something else. You understand. I know. I could be telling your story instead of mine. For me, it began with a simple choice. It’s the same for you. You could kill us now if you wanted. I’m
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