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[[Girl crawling on bed toward boy
narrator.]]
Narrator: It's not something you can turn off.
[[Boy pulling girl, bedspread, and pillow off of bed onto floor.]]
Narrator: A part of me is always detached.
Abstracting, looking at numbers and patterns.
[[Girl on top of boy, both under bedspread, on floor. Girl looks to be 'touching' boy.]]
Narrator: When we should be closest, part of me is still alone.
Counting the touches of her fingertips.
Touch.
Touch.
Touch touch.
Touch touch touch.
Touch touch touch touch touch.
[[Same scene as third panel.]]
Narrator: Wait.
Is that...
That's the Fibonacci Sequence!
Whatever I did to deserve you, it couldn't have been enough.
{{title text - Worries assuaged, the numbers become less important than your touches.}}
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