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Tina and Dermot got on fine after that. They seemed to have something in common, a shared way of seeing the world. I remembered how Tina had once tried to get me to swim in the frigid Borth sea. She and Dermot shared some sort of adventurous or mischievous gene. They were ready to do something ridiculous, any time.

Whenever the four of us went out, Roger and I would sit and disapprove of them while they talked up a storm.

I suppose I was detached. I didn’t have any great interest in other people. I liked them around. I didn’t want to know their life stories.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. Not even now, knowing all that I know. There’s nothing wrong with being detached.

Better that than being attached to something dangerous.