"They couldn't be worse," I murmured, suddenly realizing quite clearly that this was the literal truth, that in fact our relationship couldn't be worse, and that, in spite of what Malnate thought, I would never manage to climb up the slope at the bottom of which I had been gasping pointlessly for months.
-Orain baino okerrago ezin-murmuriatu nuen, bat-batean erabat argi ohartuz egia zehatza ari nintzela esaten, egiatan gure harremanak ezin litezkeela okerrago egon eta, Malnatek kontrako iritzia izan arren, inoiz ez nintzela aterako azken hilabeteetan alferreko antsian nengoen zulotik.