Or maybe it wasn\u2019t?<\/p>\n
Maybe all he\u2019d ever planned to do here, all he\u2019d ever thought to do here, is what he will <\/i>do. Maybe he chokes and expires, in space, just to force a certain miracle, at the end of things, down Edmund Gulley\u2019s throat. Maybe he gave up his sugared paradise just for that, and I don\u2019t even know what good it\u2019s done; or if <\/i>it\u2019s done, or why, then, really;<\/p>\n
But if he hadn\u2019t, this story would be too bleak to tell, so, then \u2014 well.<\/p>\n
For now, a big thank you to Saul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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