“You see, there are many things in the world that are absolute. It’s just that some others have more ‘absolute’ things than others. However, everyone can agree on two things that are undeniably certain: One’s first breath, and their last.”

I listen along as I follow her out of the school.

Even though we are technically allowed to leave, it still feels wrong to leave without informing anyone. But she explicitly told me to not mutter a single word about this to anyone else. Which raises a few alarms.

“Don’t you feel the same way too?” She asks as we turn the corner after the gate.

Unable to avert my...