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Patrick looked up from the page and saw Davvad waiting for him.

"I have to give this to Hersh, for the library."

"It was written for you."

"It's burned into my heart, but I want Hersh to put this in the library. I don't want them to forget that Justine was just a little girl. That she got scared and mad, and was just learning about falling in love."

"I'll wait."

"It's OK, I can catch up to you."

"I'll wait." ...