we’ll find a paradise that belongs to us.

"No human being ever stood so close to my soul as you stand"

So Caleb recommended Night Flight (Vol de nuit) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

… and obviously I had to go dig a little…and yeah… I regret to inform you this man is exactly as doomed as we thought *clears throat*

“𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦…”

Yeah. That’s him. That’s literally him. Soft, gentle, domestic… until he isn’t.

“𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭… 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞.”

Tell me why this man would rather suffer than deviate even slightly from what he thinks he has to do.

“𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲… 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬… 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.”

And this one just… hurts. Because Caleb would rather destroy himself than believe that everything he’s done for you meant nothing.

Closest match: Psylliodes chrysocephala genome assembly, chromosome: 4 Common name: Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle