“But some part of me is always hoping that, if there are others like her, then she will someday see someone she recognizes, someone who feels like home. She has ne er had a friend. I don’t know how deeply she feels loneliness, or even if she has the capacity to recognize it. But my dearest wish is that someone will someday take that loneliness from her, preferably before she’s able to identify the sensation for what it is.”
