AfewhoursbeforeQuasimodo''''''''sdeath

        Theweatherwasbeautifultoday.Thesunbzedoverhead.Althoughitwasn''''''''ttheweekend,theamusementparkstillteemedwithpeople.

        Reyaloungediheoversizedbeare,slouchedoheshade,eyesclosed.

        Shecouldsehevariouscolorsofenergyradiatingfromthecrowd.Themoreexcitedsomeonewas,thebrightertheirhue,liketlesstinysunsdriftingaroundher,bathingherinlight.

        Therealsun?Itdidn''''''''taffecthermuch.Evenyeredinplushfabriasummerday,shedidn''''''''tfeeltheheatthewayothersdid.

        Amongthecrowd''''''''sswirlingcolors,onefigurestoodout,drapedingreyish-whitelikecooledash,eerilydetachedfromtheworldaroundthem.

        Reyahadrarelysensedaheparkwithsuchcalmenergy.Curiositymadeheropenhereyes,andstraightenedherback.

        Ayoungmanstoodthere,slightlyhunched,wearingapinT-shirtandgreypants,handstuginhispockets.Heblendedsowellwiththegreycastlewallbehindhim,almostinvisible.

        Hehadbeenwatgher.Whensheshifted,hefliwithisleftlegbetrayinghisurgetoflee—yetheremainedrootedinpce.

        Reyaremovedthebearheadagentlyonthebench.Shebrushedherhairbadsmiled."Hi,Quasi."

        "...Hi."

        ThemanshecalledQuasigher,thenquicklyloweredhisgazetoherfeetstillinthebeare.

        Hisslightlylonghairfelloverafacethatlookedlikemeltedwax.Hisdarkskinwasmottledwithrawpinkpatches.Hehadnoeyebrows,askinaroundhiseyesshemataneerieangle.Hischeektwitched,perhapsaosmile,buttheeffortonlymadeanearbychildburstintotears.

        Thechild''''''''smotherscoopedhimupandshotQuasialookthatstunglikeasp.Hewinced,lookedevenmoreflusteredandembarrassed.

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