Emelina and I took each other in. All morning I'd felt the strange disjuncture that comes from reconnecting with your past. There's such a gulf between yourself and who you were then, but people speak to that other person and it answers; it's like having a stranger as a house guest in your skin.
The passage captures the complex emotions involved in reconnecting with someone from the past. The narrator feels a disconnection between their current self and the person they used to be, highlighting how time and experiences create a significant gap in identity. This sense of estrangement can lead to a feeling of being a stranger in one's own skin, especially when others interact with memories or aspects of one’s past self.
As Emelina and the narrator engage, there's an emotional tug-of-war, revealing how past relationships and experiences resurface, almost like welcoming an unexpected guest who knows a different version of them. This dynamic illustrates the challenges of reconciling past identities with the present, suggesting a complex interplay of memories and self-perception.
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