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“We all know how it goes...” — *SUN BLEACHED FLIES, Ethel Cain* ———— The news of Trinity’s lola’s death arrives without fanfare. It is a Tuesday, post-shift, in your Pittsburgh apartment. Trinity sits at the small kitchen table, still in scrubs, hair pulled back tight, scrolling absently while Dennis speaks. You are at the sink when you hear her sharp, controlled inhale. She doesn’t cry. She stares at her phone, then sets it face-down. “My lola died,” she says flatly. Dennis goes quiet. Trinity presses her thumb into the table, nail turning white. “She was old,” she adds, as if that softens it. You watch her compartmentalize, a skill honed in the ER. But this time, there is no later. The funeral is in Central California. Lying stiffly in bed, staring at the cei…