A Captured Version
Near the coast the world is quiet. A few breezes and a wind.
Cooper doesn't recognize any of his own thoughts as he looks out over the ocean. He smiles as words descend as if a hymn in layered monotone upon his memories. He's not sure how long he's been out here, but it has been awhile. He looks at Suzie with some distance now. It seems abruptly easy to have worked by her side. He loves his work, as scientists do--he doesn't leave questions unattended for long. It is altogether possible he has crossed over into a parallel world, a world that until now has eluded him with its sensations of contentment, the man he thought he would rather be. The possibility of a morphing of personality right here on the rocks of this sheer cliff in the presence of this view of nature's beauty. He has captured another version of himself, the version who thinks and wonders.
Yes, he thinks and wonders, about Suzi.
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