When the Promise Outlives the Person
On a sofa in Lisbon she tells the castle's end: father and brother slain, mother cut in pieces, a soldier, a captain, a banker, and the Grand Inquisitor sharing the week. She saw Candide whipped and could not stop it. Pangloss, she says, most cruelly deceived her when he said everything is for the best. She asks if he is hungry. He is still looking for the girl in the park.
Key Insight
Reunion is where a quest collides with a résumé. If you do not update the person, you will keep rescuing a character who has already had to become someone else.
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