The uh draws attention. Louis is already keeping Daniel in his periphery, unable to quite look away. His presence still a miracle, still exceptional. Louis wants to hold fast to him, cling against the prospect of Daniel slipping away.
But there is a moment where Louis finds himself uncertain. Tests the porous edges of that memory, all that had come before or after now suspect.
"Yes," Louis says at last. Testing the answer, knowing it to be true. "The building's been renovated."
Modernized. Is now handled by a property manager.
The floor still slants to the north. Louis knows this without any reason to still have possession of that fact. He hasn't set foot there in years.
"I can have a direct flight for us to New York," hooked onto the tailed end of this. "We can make arrangements for things you'll need when we get there."
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But there is a moment where Louis finds himself uncertain. Tests the porous edges of that memory, all that had come before or after now suspect.
"Yes," Louis says at last. Testing the answer, knowing it to be true. "The building's been renovated."
Modernized. Is now handled by a property manager.
The floor still slants to the north. Louis knows this without any reason to still have possession of that fact. He hasn't set foot there in years.
"I can have a direct flight for us to New York," hooked onto the tailed end of this. "We can make arrangements for things you'll need when we get there."