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I. When Keller is dead, El is left as the sole keeper of Neal's past - all the dirty and not so dirty secrets Keller knew from their time together, or had dug up just because that's the kind of obsessive nutcase he was - and she's determined to prove a better keeper than Keller ever was; she understands so much, now, sees how much of "Neal" there is to salvage, and she keeps his secrets close, not even sharing them with Peter - because they're not hers to share.

II. In the back of her mind, she keeps thinking of Neal as theirs to "salvage", because she sometimes sees him as a sleek, elegant sailing boat adrift on the ocean, lost and abandoned, just waiting for some enterprising person to come along and put on a salvage crew of two.

III. Even she is a bit stumped for a while, almost seeing the situation as hopeless - but El has never been one to lie down and give up, and now that Keller's done and gone, she sets to work salvaging the relationship between Peter and Neal; because while Neal has been an idiot, and Peter a bit of a bastard, there's still so much left to fight for.

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Red, red wine
Cinderella
Innocent
Early in the morning
On the fringes
Forever
Nevermore
Trespassing
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