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cal deciding that he wants to be good and taking on the burden of knowing about cathy and protecting aron from it, oh my shaylaaaaa

“…the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’—that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.’” p. 303

cathy ames has to be one of the most horrific and sociopathic characters in literature, right? right???