me long enough not to be impressed by my impulses.
I told her everything.
She listened without interrupting.
When I finished, she said,
“Are you asking whether this is sane?”
“Yes.”
“It isn’t.”
I laughed once.
Then she continued.
“But sane and wrong aren’t the same thing.”
“That’s what I was thinking.”
“Carter, those kids are going to be separated whether you act or not. You aren’t their only option in some philosophical sense. But right now, in practical terms, you might actually be the only person offering to keep
