Irena’s emails often go like this. What is going on here? she writes of this picture. Have you been here? How does the ice get like that? He’s stopped trying to disabuse her of the notion that he has been all over Antarctica, so he simply writes back that no, he doesn’t know what’s going on here, but he will ask one of the scientists the next time he gets the chance.
After a hesitation, he types, You won’t believe what happened to me last month. Nikolay and I met an
And then he just stares at the words for a while. Then he deletes the sentence. He asks after their mother and how preparations for their cousin’s wedding are going, tells her to take care of herself, and then he presses Send.
(Source: gobledale)
