I don't know what's not real.

Limited capacity is a collection of six darkly amusing stories

about the mysterious ways we interact with the internet and with each other.

There's something going on with him. It's like an act.

I don't trust him.

What?

You're staring at me like I should say something, but I don't really know what to do here.

That's the whole name of the game.

Don't talk about how the town isn't real. You understand?

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You are listening to Alone, a love story, and I'm Michelle Perizi.

Chapter 18. He exists.

The Rosary. Each bead on the rosary is a perfectly etched rose. We're standing in Vatican City, the sunlight hitting the dome of

St. Peter's on such a perfect angle. It's like Michelangelo himself painted it

for us that morning. It's August 2005. The husband is

patient with my odd fascination with Catholic objects. He stands around as I

pick up tiny statues of Mary, try on bracelets with pictures of

saints. Root through bowls filled with those tiny medallions, old Italian ladies pinned to

their bras.

I love all that stuff.

It reminds me of my aunts and grandmothers.

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