They were both researchers and considered scientific truth to be quite above any other kind of truth. Beauty is nice and virtue is attractive, but nothing is more gorgeous than meeting another creature who shares your deepest values. Nadastra certainly shared Dr. Ek’s. Dr. Ek had been shy then—actually he was shy later too—and never found the occasion to look into Nadastra’s enormous violet eyes and proclaim his love. For he did love her, I think we can say for sure. In that distant way, at least. He thought about her while brushing his teeth, walking home from work. If buying new socks or
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