The problem with stealing the magician's assistant from a carnival was that you were always waiting for her to disappear. He expected her to vanish. She had in fact, multiple times, before Simon was born, and just after, too..Daniel wanted to be worried for, wanted to be missed without doing any of the leaving that missing demanded. When Paulina left, he counted breaths, and thought constantly of the disappearing box. The reappearing was the most important part of the trick. Eventually he stopped living in fear that she wouldn't come back. The more pressing concern was that she was cutting herself in two. . Erika Swyler
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He who has no imagination has no wings. To be missing someone can be painful, but to be worried that they are missing is the most painful. When people are gone, we can talk about them and think of them. And when they come back, the conversation may go differently.

It is like having a box where you can keep them safe. You get to see them when you get your box open, even give them a hug. But also, you don't have to open the box because you know they will come back again.

Source: The Mermaid Girl: A Story

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