Anyway, that is beside the point: the point is that every life I choose is an old VHS that I play right in the store,
and the moment it starts – the moment the movie starts – is the moment I disappear.
Nora suppressed a giggle. “What’s so funny?” Hugo wondered, a little hurt.
Nothing. Nothing at all. It just seemed mildly amusing. A video store.
“Oh? And a library, that is entirely sensible?”
“More sensible, yes. I mean, at least you can still use books. Who plays videos these days?”
“Interesting. I had no idea there was such a thing as between-life snobbery. You are an education.”
“Sorry, Hugo. Okay, I will ask a sensible question. Is there anyone else there? A person who helps you choose each life?”
He nodded. “Oh yeah. It’s my Uncle Philippe. He died years ago.
“And he never even worked in a video store. It’s so illogical.”
Nora told him about Mrs Elm. “A school librarian?” mocked Hugo. “That’s pretty funny too.”
Nora ignored him. “Do you reckon they’re ghosts? Guiding spirits? Guardian angels? What are they?”
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