Lake Lewisia #421

“It’s not that unusual for people to use a matchmaker,” she told her friends defensively on the eve of the first meeting in another town, “and anyway, do you know how hard it was to find an inclusive one?” Extremely inclusive, if the volume and unfamiliar specificity of the questionnaire were any indication, leaving her to wonder if maybe she was the closed-minded one. Understanding snapped into place when she was introduced to an amorphous shadow creature, stirring a cup of tea and radiating shy hopefulness to match her own.

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LL#421