In a study sealed in utter solitude, Ansel sat upon a bench, his gaze askance at the standoff between the pair dubbed "twins."
No, to call them twins would be a grave mistake.
For both were the absolute, the unequivocal, the undiluted essence of Ravenna Ziegler.
This was the crux of… the wager proposed by Ansel and Ravenna three years prior.
He aimed to prove that without him, "Ravenna Ziegler" was destined for naught but failure, not merely inconsequential, but driven to the most extreme straits, to the point of indifference or even… destruction of the Tower of Babel.
Yet, Ansel did not coerce Ravenna into this bet by threatening to erase her memories, but rather he offered her an extravagantly generous proposition.
