And as much as I wanted to, I knew I couldn’t turn around, that to look at her directly was to violate the laws of her world and mine; she had come to me the only way she could, and our eyes met in the glass for a long still moment; but just as she seemed about to speak – with what seemed a combination of amusement, affection, exasperation – a vapor rolled between us and I woke up.

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