Mckenzie stared for a long time. Then she said, “You see me like that?”

“Raven, you’re brooding again,” she said without turning around. She was mixing a shade of blue that didn’t exist in nature—a color between midnight and a bruise.

Mckenzie laughed, low and warm. “You’ve been staring at that blank canvas for an hour. That’s not calculating. That’s terrified.”

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Mckenzie stared for a long time. Then she said, “You see me like that?”

“Raven, you’re brooding again,” she said without turning around. She was mixing a shade of blue that didn’t exist in nature—a color between midnight and a bruise.

Mckenzie laughed, low and warm. “You’ve been staring at that blank canvas for an hour. That’s not calculating. That’s terrified.”