She looks at me. She does. She.

“It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a che…”

“But the Spackle War was over a long time ago, wasn't it?”“Thirteen years now.”“…”

“The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because…”

“I did not come to heal her, the monster said. I came to heal you.”