Julian's POVShe finished the revisions in eight days.Not because she rushed. Because she was ready, had been ready, and the two flagged points on the zone two reweighting were exactly as solvable as I'd said. One paragraph each. Clear, transparent, the kind of precision that made reviewers feel heard rather than argued with.She sent it on a Wednesday at noon and then stood in the kitchen for a moment doing nothing, which for Nadia was the equivalent of anyone else collapsing dramatically."Done," she said."Done," I confirmed."The final version is cleaner than the submission." "Because you had two outside perspectives pushing on the weakest points." "The revisions made it stronger." She turned to face me. "I always knew that's how peer review worked. It's different when it's your work.""Everything is different when it's yours."She looked at me for a moment. "Move in this weekend."I went still."Not the couch," she said. "Properly. Your things are here. This is where you live."
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