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Cathy considered. The residency called in two weeks; the proposal needed refinement, and Nina’s freelance work paid the rent. Practicalities crowded the corners of the plan like gnats. Yet somewhere beneath the logistics, an ember warmed—Cathy’s private hunger for a project that wasn’t compromised at every turn.