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The "lost We": the obliterating trinity felt once, never recovered

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pivotal · c. B.S. 2001–03 (the Joelle romance), recalled 7 Nov YDAU

  • When: the "We": c. Orin's B.U. years (the Joelle romance, B.S. 2001 onward); the narratorial recall: 7 Nov YDAU, Phoenix
  • What: Deep inside the Swiss-hand-model seduction (event 34), the narration states the Joelle wound once and plainly: were there ever one special Subject, the One would be not he or she "but what was between them, the obliterating trinity of You and I into We. Orin felt that once and has never recovered, and will never again." This is the single clearest statement that the serial seductions (event 26) are a repetition-compulsion circling the lost Joelle-We.