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Regan often wonders what exact moment set off the chain of events that led to her falling in love with Aldo and whether it happened long before they met. Regan goes to the art museum often to analyze the art and how it has evolved over time, and she thinks about how the act of devotion seems never to change, although the gods themselves do. During one such visit, she thinks about Aldo and how they were both compelled to go to the armory on the same day, where they met. Regan wonders whether it was fate or some inner need that led them both there. She believes that her decision to go to the armory on the same day that Aldo happened to be there must be significant somehow. Seeing the entire story, Regan realizes, isn’t necessarily as beautiful as seeing the parts of it. Aldo influenced Regan to start thinking of everything in terms of time.