Chapter 31 Worst Kept Secret

• "Or a touch jolts us back into the world of the living," Nadia breathed. "Yes. Perhaps… perhaps Theodore is your external stimuli; the one which wakes you either because his volume is louder, his music better, his light brighter, his touch more stimulating. Nadia, there's nothing wrong with allowing people to be important in your life, to allow that their voice is a little bit louder, that you're attuned to their movements a little more than to others, that their scent is more pleasing, their light a little bit brighter, and their touch a bit more stimulating. It's wonderful to have that one or two or three or whatever number of people who are important. But when you allow your life to be filled by so much more, allowing one to be most important doesn't feel as frightening."
• "So, don't ignore other parts of my life to the exclusivity of just one person."
• "There's a whole world out there, Nadia. Not everything is red or green, not everyone is an asshole or an idiot, and Life isn't fair but neither is it unfair. It's unpredictable, and so we must always be prepared for it. Does that make sense?"