"It's hurt! It glows, glares, glowers, it tangles around your arms and bends your back! It's...just that most can't see."

Cole considers making Joel forget, but it's too early. He can still make this work.

"You didn't replace her. There was room for both Ellie and Sarah. The edges were softened, supple, not sharpened, even as you tried to make it hurt again..."