Chapter 9. Intermission between Act 1 (Post) and Act 2 (Burn). Five vignettes about the characters who’ve not gotten as much attention in Act 1 as they needed to get to properly establish everything that’s going on.

Before he left Earth, Isaac used to spend some of his time with a small group of friends.
When her son went missing, Mrs. Long called everyone she could think to.
Good friends have to talk about the things that aren’t so good, sometimes.
New parents don’t always know what to do.
And finally, there’s a man trying to stick to his daily routine.

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