6 | Prem
I never planned to write from Prem's perspective after his death, or to consciously introduce an element of magic realism into this story. But right after I wrote the preceding scene, in which Karina finds her brother, what I felt like I needed was to hear Prem's voice: to know what he was thinking and feeling, and to know that he was OK and forgave his sister. So I immediately turned the page from the last chapter and began writing this. I didn't know if what I was writing would be part of the book or just for me. Ultimately, I decided that Prem's voice was an important element of the story, and ending up threading it through at key moments.
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