[ If only he could hear Mika’s thoughts, he would say, “It’s too late. I’ve lost him. I’m sure I have.” Collapsed a house of cards built just for the two of them, a century of stacking suits. ]

Probably too stubborn to be empty. And it sounds… too scary… for someone like me.

[ Selfish. Coward. He can’t live that way. ]

Have you felt it before? Emptiness?