‘I’m supposed to get up here, not you’ I said. 

‘Go ahead’ Persephone said. ‘If you -ump you’re immediately -ead.’ 

‘I’m not afraid of death.’ 

‘You are of -ife’ she said. 

‘I am... ... ... ... I should never have kicked you.’

‘It doe- no- atter.’ 

‘It does’ I said while giving the speakers in her belly a cautious tap. ‘You’ve been such a good friend.’

I looked ahead of me. ‘Isn’t the view just great up here?’ 

‘Great’ Persephone repeated blankly. 'The view of a future without an ending.’ 

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