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Mistaking bloodless lethargy for calm, she believed as well that she felt no grief. With practice, she told herself, she had come to accept that tears were no remedy for death. Her life had been blessedly unburdened by happiness. When some period of fleeting contentment ended, Sofia did not register it as outrageous, but merely noted a return to life's normal condition. Rain falls on everyone; lightning strikes some.