As I watch the other passengers, it’s hard not to notice that Johanna and I are some of the only fair-skinned Europeans aboard, and the three of us are some of the only women I can see. I have often been the only girl in the room, but I can’t think of a time I was in the minority like this. It must be daunting for Sim to travel Europe knowing that everywhere she goes, she won’t be around people like her. Of course, I’d thought of this before—particularly while on the road with Percy—but there’s something about being here, curled up on this deck with her and Johanna, that distills the
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