The woman standing at Dish Seven, Deetra, is old enough now that the desert wind gets into her joints before it gets into her hair, and she has spent the better part of four decades making sure this exact dish would still be standing on this exact night, for reasons she has explained fully to exactly one person in her life, who is asleep right now in the small house they still keep twenty minutes from the array, and who has known, for decades now, exactly why this one night matters more than the rest - and still lets her stand out here alone with it anyway, because some things are easier to carry by yourself even after you've stopped having to.
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