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I love you, you murmured as you stepped into the mist. The porch collapse bled into your awareness slowly, like a high sneaking up on you, until you forgot where you were in the first place. You remember new things now—new old things, old new things. You just kept on your I love you's, the only volta you have ever known. You’ve forgotten who they’re for, how it all works, how to move forward without something external. Your body and organs are fading. Now you are an engine, a silver aerostatic in the pale. I love you, I love—