Lockwood said, “It’s not that I’m enjoying it, Luce. But I can see the rightness of everything that’s happening now, and that’s different. You remember in the cemetery, I told you how arbitrary everything was? How nothing had any meaning? I don’t feel that anymore. Yes, my parents died. I now know why, and we have a chance to avenge them. My sister died, too. Her death-glow may help save our lives tonight. More than that, we’re getting close to a solution to the Problem. You know we are. When we get there, all this will be over and we won’t have to do it anymore. It’ll be all right, Lucy.” He
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