“How about some soup?” Calif waii, the Hamptons, and central London. Since his cancer diagnosis ll bring it in.” She has been kinder since his illness, sw T y’ . ictor picks up the phone to see ho s with the soup hangs up 11 Dor and Alli loaded their meaer possessions on a donky and w ould be safer with Dor’s par wice she made n back, just so she could hug them ag their oldest daughter asked, “ Alli collapsed, sobbing heir new abode was small, made of eak ag family, the couple relied solely on eac y could, her p and a sing om long trips to the g Dor continued his measuring, using bones , the sun, moon, and star. It was the only thing that made him feel pr. Alli g wn. One night Dor saw her hugging their sons swaddling blanket and staring a . F ould bring them f h visit, he spoke about Nim’ w high it had g w the bricks w y mortar came from the fountains of . Alry, Nim had climbed near the top - rw into the sky lood on its tip he people bo ving he had wounded the gods ould r , defea or them, and rule from above. “He is a gt and poerful king ther said. Dor looked do y we living in e . He thought about his life as a c and Nim and Alli running up the hills another man to him, really still a bo be the str hank y 12 “Dor. V.” Alli r ly couple was apprhing on f y moons had now passed since Dor’s banishment—on our calendar ee y
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