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I was trying to follow this I had a vaguematch in Ancient Betsy&039;s office Her surpriseher shock, even So when Laura and I left, she thought about it And talked to the Marc Thing about it And sent him back to kill/save my Marc

Because if I didn&039;t , s I wouldn&039;t do

Maybe such an insanely risky maneuver was all she could do Maybe she decided it orth the risk if itthe world fro her family and friends

I could al old desk and wondering: will I feel it when the time stream shifts? Or will I never notice it at all? Will I still beme? Or will I be her? Or someone else, someone like neither one of us?

I didn&039;t know That was thepart I knew quite a bit now about the future, but only enough for despair Not near enough for hope

"I savedsaid, so softly and pleasantly he sounded a lot like the guy who&039;d killed hio "Now you have to save you" He nodded at the chair leg stake in my hand I hadn&039;t bothered to hide it What would have been the point?

"She never," he said I realized he was crying a little "She could never finish me She couldn&039;t save me and then she couldn&039;t end it for otthe last smallest scrap of her humanity and she wouldn&039;t She couldn&039;t And I loved her and I hated her, but mostly I loved her because she was her and if you kill me you won&039;t ever be her And Marc will never beat the floor I couldn&039;t look at him It was definitely the worst when he sounded almost human "I&039;hed "You&039;reit sound like I was in an earthquake You&039;re sorry you did that to ht"

"I know That&039;s why I know you can kill ht? If you kill me, you&039;ll have all kinds of scraps of humanity left Tons of scraps! Only I don&039;t want to see it coet a shot if I knehen the needle was going to hitisn&039;t that the du you&039;ve ever heard?"

"No"

"It&039;s why I was going to ju to juhtht?"

"Yes"

"I liked being a doctor," he said wistfully "I think if I hadn&039;t beenthat for the-"

I stood Looked closelyyes The Marc Thing was gone A chair leg slah the chest and out the back of the chair he was trussed to would do that every time

I&039;d saved hi