⟪ there is something so utterly good about talking to him. she's got people in her life now who listen, but it's something else, too. he's so warm about it, and so easy to be around. ⟫

Halfway through, this man looked at me and said: I don't know how to tell you this, but it's gonna be a racoon.

⟪ she laughs at the memory, much more distant now. ⟫

Personality. I like that. Part of me wants to cover him up, but y'know. It's not Herbert's fault he's an experimental racoon.