BEg2 ch24 Traipse onto the grid

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 10:35:14 UTC 2022


Oh. Yeah. Told you I’m not that observant.
Thanks for the update!

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 6:33 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> What do you mean, only time in the book? The whole book is in present
> tense.
>
> Am Mo., 14. März 2022 um 07:53 Uhr schrieb Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>:
>
>> “Down on the floor, nose level with an electrical outlet, she imagines for
>> a second she can see some great brightness of power just behind the
>> parallel slits. Something scurries at the edge of her vision, the size of
>> a
>> mouse, and it is Lester Traipse, the shy, wronged soul of Lester, in need
>> of sanctuary, abandoned, not least by Maxine. He stands in front of the
>> outlet, reaches in, parts the sides of one slit like a doorway, glances
>> back apologetically, slides into the annihilating brightness. Gone.
>>
>>     “ She cries out, though not for Lester exactly.”
>>
>>
>> We’re in present tense - only time in the book?
>>
>>


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