21. Cellbit wakes up wearing his engagement ring. He forgets to take it off before his shower. He wipes the shampoo out of his eyes and swears his ring is gold. He moves to pull his ring off, sighs to himself when it isn’t there. Of course it isn’t there, he hasn’t worn it since Roier died.

22a Cellbit spends breakfast googling trauma symptoms. Just in case. “Who are you texting?” Bagi teases. “Your boyfriend?” He rolls his eyes, but then he looks down at his phone and sees that he has a text conversation with an unfamiliar number open. Soulmate, the contact says.