um, you know that thing would- [looking over at it and feeling a wave of sorrow and deep compassion wash over me like a tide lapping at a beach gently but forcefully, bringing everything into it and allowing it to totally envelop the grains of sand] love you totally and completely if you died. it would never forget you. even after everything. it would hold onto your memory. you are someone worth remembering. [tearing up] i love you,



















