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Miles venerated those sentences like a vow that had been uttered at an altar, only recounting them day in, day out in distress. Miles grasped each deal Phoenix laid on the table, memorised them as That Man shuffled them between the fate's cards. One swift draw from the poker player showed Miles their strings of fate being torn and healed over the course of many years to come. Another draw revealed to the prosecutor an image of Phoenix's wallowing in melancholy ever since the disbarment—another card followed the next; each card told a story that Miles accepted as factual consequences in their lives now.
Except—he was dissatisfied with one outcome: The Distance.