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Embarrassing. — “You definitely bring out the kindergartner in me.”

Eye roll. — “When Wyatt started to move to the melody, I stumbled, and he immediately tugged me so close that I didn’t have the space to falter. I had never danced with someone who was so good at it—strong, commanding.”

Now the MC knows what an artist from 4,000 years ago felt?

MC tells us how great it is.

Oh. Tonal shift? — “…as if the moon was massacred overnight.”

God forbid any character, or person, in this story is similar to any other. You have your grouchy, happy, and busy co-workers.

925 people highlighted this axiom. It’s pretty random.

Oh, we’re still having flashbacks.

Throw in a random accident.

Cute mom & daughter reconnecting scene.

Meret needs some Therapy.

I believe this is called Catastrophising — “Sometimes I wonder if I am destined for that in all my relationships.”

What is a lodestone?

Pregnant-from-one-time-sex trope. Science says you only have a twenty percent chance.

Poor Brian. So Dawn married him because he was there. — “I needed you, I imagined saying, but you were not here. Never mind the detail that he might have wanted to be; that I hadn’t asked.”

Aren’t we tired of foils yet?

Her wit is sharp if she doesn’t even need to think of an answer.

I’m not sure if this quantum lecture makes sense.

And with a look, Alberto becomes an antagonist.

Love-interest is childish trope.

I wonder if we’ll ever go back to the fact she was in a plane crash.

Cute axiom from the author, but I don’t think the Ancient Egyptians understood chaos as well as we do now. 1,110 people liked the passage, though. It’s a happy hopeful statement.

There’s been some hesitation in some tension, but Wyatt hasn’t said no once.

Maybe i’ve processed enough of my own regrets, but this Mid-life regret doesn’t seem much of a crisis. Or maybe I’m desensitized from reading Hero Epics for 20 years.

Scene on iconography of hieroglyphs.

Here’s another quick throw-away about a social issue. — “Even back then, there was privilege connected to being light-skinned.”

Yes, just like you do when you bake a cake. You try to figure out what got put down when. Of course. — “The thing about archaeology is that it’s like baking a cake, one layer on top of another, with the most recent layer first and the oldest layer at the bottom. Your number one goal is to figure out what got put down when.”

Hm. This feels like infidelity. — “I fall into place beside him. I miss this, I think.”

I can’t recall how old she’s supposed to be when she’s a grad student at Yale. The teasing about the Oreo is something you do in your early 20s.

Cute but is that true? Are there round hums and soft els in Egyptian Arabic? What about his accent? He must have a strong British accent. Maybe shes fawning over the native speakers?