The gifts of the Moon Goddess
Standing in the overgrown lot, the faint glow of Vale’s screen reflecting shifting lines across his face, the children huddled together behind Lena, Jamal watching the streets like something might burst through at any second,
And beneath it all was the pulse that get closer now.
Stronger.
No longer distant, no longer abstract.
It was here.
“You need to explain this,” Jamal said, his voice low but sharp. “Because ‘disconnecting from reality’ sounds like a terrible plan.”
I did not look at him.
Not yet.
Because if I broke focus now and if I let doubt take hold, I would not be able to do this.
“It is not disconnecting from reality,” I said slowly.
“It is disconnecting from their interpretation
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