![]() ![]() ![]() There were not enough, though, to warrant the effort. Usually, when the train was late, they swept stones to kill time. The villagers idled by the tracks, kicking at fat stones cascaded down from the mountain. Monday morning and the train didn’t come. Nadya stood and paced the perimeter of the room, brushing her fingertips along the rough concrete walls. I still think of her now, and she’s five years dead.” ![]() “She didn’t have to see you to think of you. “What’s a sister if you’ve barely seen each other in years?” “She said she was glad she was the one to go and not you.” Before she boarded the rocket, you were the last person she spoke to.” That was usually where it ended, but Nadya raised her face and looked Leonid directly in the eyes. The two of them often repeated this exchange when they were alone together. More confident, maybe, but that’s just the training. Leonid pulled his hand from Nadya’s lap and rested it in his own. She tried to start the song again, but the notes came out at random, as if she had not forgotten just that song but the whole concept of singing. ![]()
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