Without her mother, without the promise of some vindication, what did she want? Comfort? Independence? It all felt so far away, so distant. The cave didn’t feel distant, though. The cave was her whole world, her past and her future. She pictured herself walking back down to Camp Six, diving in, severing her connection to Em and just giving in. No. No, that wasn’t what she wanted. Even if she couldn’t think of a single thing she desired, she knew what she didn’t want. She didn’t want to be alone. She didn’t want to be dead. She didn’t want to be lost and forgotten. Gyre stuffed the dark impulse
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