Conny does not write Mirko back. It's 11 a.m. and Markus Dobler, awake for five hours, freshly showered, in a good mood, in a wrinkle-free shirt, is bending over the Tinder chat. He could ask Conny why she doesn't answer. Would look offended. He doesn't. Dobler types: "I hope you didn't fall into a crevasse? If you did, just let me know and I'll come and rescue you." Dobler leans back. "You're funny … it's good for the soul," writes Conny and adds a long message. The conversation is saved.

But who is this you that Conny means? Is that Mirko with whom she thinks she is writing? Or is that Markus Dobler disguised as Mirko?

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