Lan-Yun hadn’t read any of Ion’s “fiction,” though she did recall the Glass Woman and Willow being close. The Glass Woman sat on her park bench for twenty-two hours, seventeen minutes, and fifty seconds before she finally moved again. Still, the drones had recorded someone talking to the Glass Woman, which meant she could be coaxed into conversation. This, at times, created some confusion among the fans, as they struggled to identify and guard the real Glass Woman. She imagined that shell setting out in the world—how unmoored the Glass Woman would be, how bereft, how free.