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[There's a quiet noise of understanding.]

And revenge is a terrible reason to look back. Find somewhere better. I'll be going home with Rags, when I can.

[neverwaitslong]

There isn't anything else I particularly want. [Not yet, anyway. By the time there is, she'll be almost ready to graduate.]

Or perhaps it's that it doesn't feel possible to want anything else until I have that.

[skitter]

That, I get.

Feels like anything else would be - poison, or fragile, if that one thing isn't done first.

[neverwaitslong]

Exactly. [Soft and fervent.]

[skitter]

I decided, when I decided I want to be a warden, that I'd just- just pretend I've already done it. I'm not where I can do that yet, but I'm working on it.

[neverwaitslong]

Lark and Warren don't think I need to give it up to graduate. I'm never sure if I believe them.

You think pretending will help you?