When the tower resumed normal functioning, would they be a part of it? What did scholarship look like in the age after empire, when they knew Britain’s silver stores would dwindle into nothing? They had never considered these questions before, but now, when the outcome of this strike stood on a razor’s edge, their only comfort was in prognosticating the future in such detail that it seemed possible. But Robin couldn’t bring himself to try. He couldn’t bear those conversations; he excused himself whenever they occurred. There was no future without Ramy, without Griffin, without Anthony and
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