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indent He had known she was gone. Known before he had seen Gabriel, though his son had confirmed it. He did not tell her these things, as he did not tell her many things. Over time he had begun to learn that keeping his family in the dark was the only way to go. Otherwise things were torn asunder from below his feet, the ground opened wide and the earth swallowed him whole. “Is that so,” he said distantly, aware that it was not fully a question. “There’s not much left of Chimera,” Ahren added, aware of the redundancy of his speech. It was a choice.