Babel
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He buried his past life, not because it was so terrible but because abandoning it was the only way to survive.


“All the ghost stories were wrong; hauntings were so rarely malicious. The dead only wanted to feel included.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis

“Alice Law, you naughty girl. You’re trying to go to Hell.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis

“But Cambridge gives you none of these. It just keeps you turning up the dial. Up and up and up. You start getting tunnel vision about it all. All that exists is the payoff and the dial. Until one day my dial broke.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis

“For another, we want our lifespans back.” Alice clutched the Dialetheia close. “We’ve had a very bad time, and we didn’t get what we came for, and I feel we ought to get a refund.” King Yama fell silent for a moment. She could not read his face. Slowly he said, “You feel you ought to get a refund from Hell.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis

“When Peter laughed it felt like the entire warmth of the sun was turned on her, because she had done it, she had uttered the words that so surprised and delighted him that he couldn’t even breathe.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis

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