Months prior, the prospect would've fueled Cecelia with a fiery purpose. Now, though...it makes her feel so very, very tired.

"Rather than make a complete replica of it all," she says, working through her opinion on it as she speaks it, "I would rather test that idea with a smaller sample. Imagine the wretched feeling of having spent so much of a month or more in making copies that wouldn't last a fresh disaster! I've already struggled to feel of value in my efforts as it is, you know?"