Casting a spell is just what charming people do.
Gillian Linden
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The Other Route
Jail is not a good game
He wouldn’t be thinking of my daughter, but then I also hadn’t been thinking of my daughter. Now I brought to mind her classroom, which I’d seen only once, during parents’ night. I brought it to mind deliberately and placed her at a little round table, reading a book, eating a snack. I imagined her hands, which still looked like the hands of a toddler. My son had elegant hands.
April 9, 2024
It was a paranoid, protective stance, and I was sympathetic.
