"Does it sound so unexciting to you?" He smiles at her, with the magazine in his hands. "I wish you could see it. It just... of course there are misunderstandings all the time, but they don't matter. We don't dwell on them. We don't live in our pain the way all of you do.

"Would you like a look at this?" He offers her the magazine; it has a big meringue on the front, with blueberries and cream.