Harrowhark Nonagesimus lying to her and writing something mysterious should not feel like the only breath of normalcy in this increasingly weird day, but apparently Gideon depends on it the same way she does on gravity.

At the same time, Harrow called her Gideon for the second time ever. Gideon wonders, a little wildly, if she's dying again.

"What happens if we go through together?" she wants to know. "You'll end up in one time and I'll end up in another? Or would it get... mixed up somehow?"