Van Has Opinions About The Most Romantic Part Of A Movie.

Van has opinions about the most romantic part of a movie.

It’s kind of an accident, starting this conversation. Just something she’s been thinking about lately, a thought her mouth has decided to unleash without her full consent. Maybe because she needs to get it out, to be understood. Maybe just to see what’ll happen.

It’s just one of those things, she guesses. Happens all the time, but never more so than around Taissa Turner.

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I often think I could be such a good writer if I were better at writing

This crooked smile

"If you died, I'd just bring you back," Tai says, breezily. Like resurrection is the simplest thing in the world. Van laughs.

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

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Van dies, and Taissa brings her back. That's not the hard part.

The fires are out by now. There's no more chaos or burning or death rattles. Nothing but metal and ash and corpses. You don't know how you're going to bury them all.

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Van Palmer is the sole survivor of the crash. It starts bad and gets worse.