849: The Narrator

3029.784 - 3057.229 Chana Joffe-Walt

I kept imagining, dreading, that one of those moments will break through, that something bad will happen to Banyas. One of those horrible plot points will become her plot point. But something bad is happening to Banias. This is the plot point for her. She's sitting under the covers, with no electricity, no heat, winter approaching. Banias has not been in school for over a year. She has no home.