Chapter 655

• Well, the first step to not being a dumbass was realizing she was being a dumbass. She'd just met this guy, was getting swept up the gabriem's wake, and as long as she remembered that, she could keep her heart squarely secure in her chest.
• That metaphor had new connotations in Hell. Eep.
• "I... admit," he said, "that you're the first soul I've ever talked to that is simultaneously a good soul worthy of Heaven, but now has to deal with the pains of Hell. Other than your brother, I mean. If we were in Avinoam, I would be spending as much time with you as needed to help you forget the scars inflicted on you by this plane."