“I wondered if I was being untrue to my Katrin,” he said. “But they are really the same person, aren’t they? If I were to pursue some other woman now, I would know I was committing a betrayal. But how can I betray Katrin with herself?”
myAn uncertain look crossed Red Katrin’s face. “I’ve downloaded them both,” she said hesitantly, “and I’m not certain that the Dark and Fair Katrins are quite the same person. Or ever were.”
Not the same—of course he knew that. Fair Katrin was not a perfect copy of her older sib—she had flaws, clear enough. She had been damaged, somehow. But the flaws could be worked on, the damage repaired. Conquered. There was infinite time.
He would see it done.
“And how do your sibs differ, then?” he asked. “Other than obvious differences in condition and profession?
