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Paul and Jen had just returned from Milliways, through the Temple, when Dave Martyniuk and Jaelle herself had found them.
Paul had thought he had important news for them. Had thought, and did have, but then Jaelle and Dave had spoken in turn, and told them - told them something that changed everything.
Told them about Kevin.
Paul turns his back on them all and walks to the window. There is a great difficulty in his throat, and his eyes are stinging, and he won't, can't look back at the others now. To himself, and to the twilight, he murmurs:
"Love do you remember
My name? I was lost
In summer turned winter
Made bitter by frost
And when June comes December
The heart pays the cost."
Kevin's words, they had been. Kevin's words about Rachel, but it's almost as if he had predicted. As if he had known.
And Paul can't grasp it, much less deal with it. Much less move past it to what needs to be done.
Kevin.
Paul had thought he had important news for them. Had thought, and did have, but then Jaelle and Dave had spoken in turn, and told them - told them something that changed everything.
Told them about Kevin.
Paul turns his back on them all and walks to the window. There is a great difficulty in his throat, and his eyes are stinging, and he won't, can't look back at the others now. To himself, and to the twilight, he murmurs:
"Love do you remember
My name? I was lost
In summer turned winter
Made bitter by frost
And when June comes December
The heart pays the cost."
Kevin's words, they had been. Kevin's words about Rachel, but it's almost as if he had predicted. As if he had known.
And Paul can't grasp it, much less deal with it. Much less move past it to what needs to be done.
Kevin.