OK I’m in tears here. It always hits me the same, this particular bit. Wouldn’t surprise me if it hits other people the same, but… when you write characters’ emotions, and you’re as attuned to them as I am… Yeah, that. Hyper-empathy. Some days being an author is the best thing in the world. Some days it’s an emotional agony that shreds you, no matter how many times you’ve read a specific few lines. Today is one of those.