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    Wong breaks first.

    “And if the universe demands his life?”

    He says it gently, like that can make it sting any less. He doesn’t look at Tim Drake.

    Stephen does. Just long enough to take in the full picture: a boy, seventeen years old, too thin and too tired. He’s curled slightly toward Stephen even now, as if some part of him recognizes safety and reaches for it only when unconscious.

    “Then,” Stephen says, “the universe comes first.”

    Or: Two months have passed since the Eschaton Confluence. No one is doing any better.

    THIS IS A SEQUEL PLEASE READ “DON’T SLIP AWAY (AND I WON’T HOLD SO TIGHT)” FIRST.

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