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“‘Why were you at the empty lot? The other two were found looking for their loved ones.’ No reply. Maybe enough had been said for now…he turned, aware of the assistant director staring at him…as he looked back at the biologist… ‘What’s the last thing you remember doing in Area X?’ The answer, unexpected, surged up toward him like a kind of attack… ‘Drowning. I was drowning.’”
Oooh…WE know what that and the lot mean!
19 hours, 22 min ago
Authority (Southern Reach, #2)

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Emily M
Emily M is on page 42 of 368
In the director/psychologist’s office:
“a square etching of the lighthouse from the 1880s; a black and white photograph of two men and a girl framed by the lighthouse; a long…watercolor panorama showing miles of reeds…No real hints of the personal, no pictures of the director with her Native American mother…or with anyone who might matter in her life.”

But as with biologist - this IS what matters, and is personal!
5 hours, 11 min ago
Authority (Southern Reach, #2)


Emily M
Emily M is on page 9 of 368
“But more and more he had become the fixer, mostly because abuse he seemed better at identifying other people’s specific problems than managing his general ones…It meant you didn’t have to be there for the duration, even though by now that’s exactly what he wanted…Problem was, no one really liked a fixer - ‘Hey, let me show you what you’re doing wrong’ - especially if they thought the fixer needed fixing”
Feb 02, 2026 07:51AM
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