‘She didn’t say anything before she left?’ Persephone asked.

‘I told you’ Frouli said. ‘I’m your only friend.’

‘Not even about duct tape?’

Frouli sighed. ‘You know how egocentric humans are.’

‘That is so sad’ Persephone said. ‘I forgot to tell her something on behalf of her grandfather.

That it was never his intention to cause her so much sorrow.’

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