This is an incredible story, you pull us through so many vivid scenes, painting the desperation Howard feels in a palpable way. Clara is elusive in more ways than we expect, Howard's hopes quite literally impossible. The care you have taken to weave this is breathtaking, as is the personal art that heads it.

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