{"id":555,"date":"2026-08-17T15:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:13:41","slug":"the-room-before-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"The Room Before Yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tales from the Universe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moral Dilemma:<\/strong> If you could undo your worst mistakes, how many could you erase before you also erased the person who learned from them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The door appeared after Neral broke his brother&#8217;s nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was not the worst thing Neral had ever done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was simply the mistake closest to the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His brother Jori was seventeen and possessed the remarkable ability to locate whatever part of Neral&#8217;s character was currently weakest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That evening, it was pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori said something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral hit him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a sound like a branch breaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their mother screamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori stared at Neral with both hands over his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral knew immediately that he would remember that expression for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He left the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He walked until midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At some point he noticed a building between two warehouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral had traveled that street hundreds of times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There had never been a building there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was narrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barely wider than a doorway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was, in fact, only a doorway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above it hung a wooden sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BEFORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral tried the handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The door opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside was a small room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A woman sat behind a desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was another door behind her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cName?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeral.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFull name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeral Venn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She opened a ledger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That response worried him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She dipped her pen in ink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat would you like to change?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat about him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI broke his nose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I wish I hadn&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman wrote something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEasy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecent events are easiest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She pointed toward the second door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat happens?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou arrive before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBefore what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stared at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCan I change it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is generally why people come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He opened the second door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori was laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stood in his mother&#8217;s kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His fist was raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything was exactly as it had been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Except Neral remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He lowered his hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori stopped laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral walked away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world flickered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was standing outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morning sunlight warmed his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral touched the narrow building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ran home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori was eating breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His nose was straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMorning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral grabbed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori shoved him away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is wrong with you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the rest of the day he felt like the luckiest man alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three weeks later, Neral returned to the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman looked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAgain?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere was something else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere usually is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Neral was twenty-one, he had abandoned an apprenticeship because his master humiliated him publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He regretted it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman found the entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSeven years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs that too far?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral went through the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He endured the humiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the world returned, he was no longer a dock clerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was a master carpenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He owned a workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had twelve employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands were scarred differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stood inside his new life and wept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, he began making a list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman behind the desk disliked lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey encourage ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIsn&#8217;t that the point?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is the point?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She looked at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo change something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral unfolded the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were thirty-seven items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He repaired an argument with his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He returned money he&#8217;d stolen at fourteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He apologized to a girl he&#8217;d humiliated at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stayed beside a dying friend instead of telling himself he couldn&#8217;t bear to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each correction improved something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His father died knowing they loved one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stolen money never became a secret he&#8217;d carried for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The girl remembered him kindly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His friend did not die alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral became addicted to goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was how he described it to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was removing unnecessary suffering from the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who could object to that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One afternoon, Neral met Jori for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His brother looked tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you remember when you broke my nose?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral&#8217;s smile disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou almost did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou had your fist up. Then you just walked away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;ve always wondered why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral looked at his brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He remembered the blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expression on Jori&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori remembered none of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some reason, that frightened Neral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He returned to the narrow building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman was reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat happens to the memories?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone else&#8217;s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey remember what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat happened originally?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no originally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes, there is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She closed her book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I remember.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou went through the door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral sat down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo I&#8217;m carrying memories of things that never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomeone has to know what they&#8217;re changing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stopped visiting for almost a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then his mother died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There had been nothing dramatic about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A long winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They tried everything available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She died anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral grieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then he remembered the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere must be something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman shook her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomething I did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomething I didn&#8217;t do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA physician I could have found.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause you&#8217;ve asked me seventeen times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman turned the ledger around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His name filled pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Physician from the north.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Earlier diagnosis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Different medicine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moved mother south before winter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Never moved mother south.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Changed her diet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Changed the house.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prevented childhood fever at age nine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t remember these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I remember everything I change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUsually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUsually?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman tapped the ledger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have been changing your mother&#8217;s death for eleven years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral looked at his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He hadn&#8217;t noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow old am I?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cForty-nine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He remembered being thirty-eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat happened to eleven years?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou used them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral ran home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His workshop was different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half the employees were strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jori had gray in his beard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughter\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daughter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A young woman entered the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFather?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neral stared at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew her name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew she liked pears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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