He’s exhausted, dripping sweat. They both must be.<\/p>\n
“Listen to me, Liza,” he says with a slow, desperate urgency. “I can’t do it. It’s Sysiphan, it’s impossible, there’s no way for me to carry enough.”<\/p>\n
“Then,” she grates, “fucking do something about it.”<\/p>\n
He groans. “How am I supposed to plug it with a straw, anyway? Who does<\/i> that?”<\/p>\n
“It’s all we’ve got,” she says. “We have to. We have to fill the basin.”<\/p>\n
“But there’s a hole in the bucket,” he says, “my dear Liza.”<\/p>\n
“Then fix it, dear Henry.” There’s no relief in her voice. “Dear Henry. Fix it.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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