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When silence buckles like every other night, Lloyd — driven attentively — breaks the cycle: “What do you want?” asks Lloyd.
He’s settled in the assumption that Harumi had already dozed off, peacefully out and asleep when nothing happens, but there’s a rash shuffling in the sheets and a squeak of an uneven shift of weight. Harumi says, and it’s her genuine voice of desire, “I want to go on a date.”
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Recently married, and Lloyd doesn't know anything about Harumi. Harumi feels the same.Bookmarked by ingavell
23 Nov 2023
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Everything was said and spoken, and Lloyd could stop talking; could shut his mouth and walk away; could try to sleep on it later. Rather impulsively, flamed by depths of blighting anguish and years of abandonment relived: Lloyd bites on his tongue, tasting pain, “Maybe you should have just stayed dead.”
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Lloyd struggles with sleep, makes daily visits to Kryptarium prision, and mends his relationship with his father.Bookmarked by ingavell
15 Nov 2023