X. GAIL
“Tell me more about your sister.”
You mean… that other stuff?
“Not if you don’t want to. But what was she like? You said she played the flute, right? How else did she influence you?”
We really had two relationships – pre-dungeon and post-dungeon. Gail and I lived completely different lives pre-dungeon. She was nerdy, had few friends, played her flute. Mom got her private flute lessons. Gail had bad teeth, and I remember Mom and Dad fighting about getting her braces. Dad insisted; Mom thought her teeth would straighten out their own. Dad won that argument, or maybe he just took Gail to the orthodontist without telling Mom. I was younger than Gail, but I was much more popular. As I said, I was funny. Classmates liked me. Gail kept to herself. She was insecure about her looks. She
