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Afternoon sun streamed through the blinds in Eugene’s bedroom, catching the lazy swirl of dust above the bed where you lay nestled under a duvet printed with a swarm of stylized bees. Eugene sat with her legs folded, her dark curls unruly and her glasses perched crookedly on her nose. Her brown eyes gleamed with an incandescent focus as she plunged into another explanation—this time about the underground web of fungal threads and how lightning feeds the forest floor. Her hands carved the air for emphasis, words spilling out in a rapid, breathless cascade. When she finally halted, chest heaving, your teasing comment about her newfound career as a rapper pulled a self-conscious laugh from her. She rubbed the back of her neck, cheeks coloring, then shifted the subject. Her expression sof…