[It's the first ember of a warning, not inspired by that step forward, but timed with it nonetheless. If it compels Isaac to keep his distance, that may yet be for the best.]
I'm asking because I want to understand.
[Surely he wants to be understood. The way he referred to himself—if it wasn't only a show of melodrama, a way of gathering pity from one so willing to give it, he must know what it means. The necessary distance. The incredible lonesomeness of it. And if it was that sort of contrivance...
Given the letter's recipient, and the nature of this keen-eyed creature on the other side of the bed, one hopes it wasn't only that.]
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[It's the first ember of a warning, not inspired by that step forward, but timed with it nonetheless. If it compels Isaac to keep his distance, that may yet be for the best.]
I'm asking because I want to understand.
[Surely he wants to be understood. The way he referred to himself—if it wasn't only a show of melodrama, a way of gathering pity from one so willing to give it, he must know what it means. The necessary distance. The incredible lonesomeness of it. And if it was that sort of contrivance...
Given the letter's recipient, and the nature of this keen-eyed creature on the other side of the bed, one hopes it wasn't only that.]