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Astrid

Remembered only in Carl's litany of irrevocable moments as the one Katia killed.

Story so far

When Juice Box explains The Inevitable Ruin, Carl runs down the list of moments that cannot be taken back. Among them is Katia, and that moment when she killed Astrid.

Carl offers the memory as evidence that such moments are real, then rejects the curse's conclusion: these were the moments they could not take back, but that does not mean nothing can be done to change their fates.

Role

The victim in one of the chapter's named points of no return.

Relationships

Katia — Killed by her, in the moment Carl remembers.
Carl — Recalls her death as an irrevocable moment.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 14
  • Hamed's late wife, assassinated by Carl and Katia, whose dying words still haunt Carl.
Chapter 45
  • The manager Carl and Katia killed now hangs as a framed painting on the liaison office wall.
Chapter 46
  • Crawler whose portrait hangs in the hallway outside Orren's office and gets marked by a spat cork.
Chapter 94
  • Remembered only in Carl's litany of irrevocable moments as the one Katia killed.
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