#unpublished asaan chapter snippet wheeee

[dance-in-the-morning-glow]

Something in Beckett’s expression tightened. “Love, you say? How quaint. And yet, I find it to be one of the most easily explained phenomena in life. What is love if not self-interest wrapped in sentimentality?”

The words of a disillusioned man, if she ever heard any. It was hard to believe he had ever experienced anything close to joy, let alone affection. It was likely he hadn’t, and frankly, that explained a lot.

“Oh, but there is more to it,” Bee countered. “It’s something we cannot fully control. It doesn’t care about our station in life, or how much money we have. It makes us do strange things. Things that seem irrational in hindsight, perhaps even reckless.” […]

“If that were true, it would make us little better than animals. But you’ll find, Miss Nightingale, that human beings are perfectly capable of controlling their impulses – if they choose to do so.”

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