PART V

WHAT DREAMS MAY WAKE

Once upon a time, there was a fortune teller who saw a terrible future.

She also saw a way to change it.

Death, the Devil, and the Fool.

Madame Arcana placed these cards facedown on her table and then walked out of her tent. When she reached the edge of Île du Carnaval’s shore, she did not stop. She walked on into the water, and she has been in the Seine ever since, weaving and waiting and waiting and waiting.

For even stars will end if you are patient enough.

Devils too.