“Welcome to the real world, Silly girl,” Wesley said.
Now, in possession of every capability—to build seconds to last lifetimes—Amanda Dear clenched the polar bear’s hand. She thought about every possibility with each step she took.
“What do you want to do first?” Amanda asked.
“I’m dying for a grilled-cheese sandwich,” Wesley said. “I haven’t had one since this day I spent with this really great girl. Man, that seems like a looong time ago.”
“Really, what was her name?”
“I don’t know. She had a thousand names. She could create thunderclouds out of a clear, blue sky. She was magical.”
“Wow, I like her already.” Amanda smiled.
“You’re telling me,” he said. “One day, she promised we’d build worlds together. Just her and I.”
“And name them a thousand different names?”
“How could they possible fail?” Wesley said.
She didn’t reply. To her, it wasn’t a question.
Amanda Dear walked out of the ruined landscape with whom she loved, her beautiful and very real polar bear. Nothing else seemed real to her then, but that was okay…
In time, she’d create that, too.
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