For the uninitiated, Transcendence is a genre-bending romance told almost entirely from the point of view of , a prehistoric man living in what he calls "the forest." He cannot speak modern language. He does not understand abstract concepts. He lives by instinct: hunt, eat, shelter.
She wanted to cry. But she had no tears, no eyes, no arms to hold him. All she had was text. All she had was reach.
She thought of her mother, who stopped calling. Of the cat she let wander out one winter. Of the razor blades she kept in a drawer under a folded scarf.