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I do not know what really went on between you. I do not know the first thing about you, either individually or together. Which is a strange thing for a child to confess to her parents.

That's the trouble with talk. So many charlatans are good talkers, so many mediocre artists have profound and inspiring theories. It's the work that does the talking in the end. But no artist can be wholly instinctive. We have to have some sense of what we are up to.

You less me and one of you is still you.

You less me remains you.

We less me remains you.

Three pronouns plus one makes four.

Am I the source of light?

This novel consists mainly of pronouns, I/me, you and he/him, and only very occasionally, we/us.