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“You can’t see anything out there, can you?”

“Mom wants to tell more of the story ”

“Tonight?” Nina ju the wet towel slump to the floor, and hurried to the other side of the room

Meredith picked up the da it back up

“You ready?” Nina said from the doorway

Meredith turned to look at her sister “You have wings ”

“Huh?”

“Maybe I’round so long, I lost the ability to fly ”

Laughing, Nina put an arm around Meredith and led her out of the stateroom “You’re not some damned ostrich, which, by the way, are mean assed birds who always stand alone ”

“So what am I?” Meredith asked as Nina knocked on Mom’s door

“Maybe you’re a swan They mate for life, you know I don’t know if one can fly without the other ”

“That’s strange, co from you You’re no romantic ”

“Yeah,” Nina said, looking at her “But you are ”

Meredith was surprised by that She would never have called herself a romantic That was for people like her father who loved everyone unconditionally and never failed at the grand gesture Or like Jeff, who never forgot to kiss her good night, no matter how late it was or how hard his day had been

Or irls who found their souland didn’t quite understand how rare that was