can’t just stay here. There are rules to follow. Regulations that must be—” “To hell with your rules and regulations!” He gaped at her. Then, he said the only thing he could, “Life, it—it doesn’t work that way.” “Why doesn’t it?” she snapped. “Why can’t life work whatever way we want it to? What’s the point of living if you only do it how others want you to?” “It’s the best we can do.” She scoffed. “And this is your best? This?” He said nothing as the whistle of a coming train came from down the tracks. “Let me tell you something, Linus Baker,” she said, hands clenched on the top of the
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