Never Let Me Go 10: The Possibility Of a Possible

"When they'd met up again, Rodney was all excited and had told Chrissie how he'd been wandering the side-streets off the High Street, and had gone past an office with a large glass front. Inside had been a lot of people, some of them at their desks, some walking about and chatting. And that's where he'd spotted Ruth's possible." pg. 140

When Chrissie and Rodney return from Norfolk, they tell Ruth that they might have seen her possible. Her possible is the woman whom she was cloned from. Although Kathy assumes they are lying, Ruth begins to get ideas in her head.

When Kathy and Ruth are walking on the sidewalk, Ruth stops and stares at an office magazine. She's entranced and very impressed. She even comments on how it would be a wonderful way to work. Her love of an office work space obviously connects to her possible. 

It's sad because Ruth wishes she could live that life. She is an actual person, but her role has already been set out for her because she is viewed as only a clone. To society, she doesn't deserve to pick her own career. She has been put her for one purpose and one purpose only. Her desires don't matter.

After seeing the magazine, Ruth wants to go to Norfolk to see her possible. However, this could prove to be a devastating idea. If Ruth begins to believe there are other options for her life, she will only be disappointed in the future.