[ Ask a stupid question.

She huffs something like a laugh, and her shoelaces still, quivering in the air like charmed snakes, as she tilts her head up again. ]

Maybe you should start trying.

[ They get there eventually, it seems. Maybe she just yanked them both into her head and wouldn't let them out until they made an effort.

For now...for now she just looks into his eyes and tells him the truth. ​]

One of the last things he said to me, before we crashed into the sun, was that you still loved me.