Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -… [768]

Did I remember? I turned to face her, first angry—furious—then to my own surprise, sad. “I’ll miss you,” I said. … She must have read my feelings. “I’m sorry,” she whispered. — , Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -…, 768

Note

The emotional pivot happens mid-sentence: rage collapses into grief with a dash, and the shift is marked as a surprise to the speaker herself — the narrator is watching her own feelings change in real time. The dialogue that follows is deliberately unrepaired: “I’ll miss you” answers a taunt, and “I’m sorry” is left without an object, so the reconciliation is felt rather than explained.