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Her mother's passing has left an ache in her, a wrongness, as if a hand has pulled out the loops and ribbons of her innards, then stuffed them haphazardly back in. Every moment of every day, she has to remind herself of the unbelievable fact that her mother is gone, that she won't see her again.

The widow bows her head, as if to hide a smile, and Tomas cannot believe that this alliance has formed so swiftly, so completely, in the time he was up the hill. How do women do that?

He would say to this person beside him, if he could, Look at me, man, I survived the worst thing you might possibly imagine, and I will not be felled by the likes of you.