““Why should he choose me? He barely even knew me. But souls were wise things. They always knew before the brain or the heart. There was no discriminating—if you saw your perfect other…you knew—instantly. There was something there from the beginning. Just like there had been for us. And it would remain there until Jethro successfully tore it out and killed it. Because even though we were linked by this fragile, fluttering thing, it wouldn’t take much to ruin. It was already on the brink.””
