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    Summary

    He only has one hand on the steering wheel.

    This fact comes to him delayed. He is too caught up in trying to process the sudden change and not crash the van as the disorientation comes swinging in. But once Veríssimo has oriented himself in space again—dead of night, in the van, empty passenger seats, is he heading away from the Perimeter?—he realizes that he only has one hand on the steering wheel.

    And he only has one hand on the steering wheel because the other is cradling a sleeping infant to his chest.

    Veríssimo is a Veríssimo. A man of the Order. He has made a life out of facing the horrific, the impossible, and the absurd. There is very little that can shake him these days.

    He slams the breaks and pulls over before he can even process what he is doing.

    ~*~

    Or, in which Veríssimo leaves the Perimeter, becomes a father, makes a phone call, lies about a hook-up, remembers something that hasn't happened, and nearly crashes a van—not particularly in that order.

    (OR or, the aftermath of Veríssimo suffering from amnesia as he leaves the Perimeter, plus one baby.)

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    20,352
    Chapters:
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