Only much later did Mark and Eduardo realize that young people are not always arrogant, untouchable, and consumed by ambition. Sometimes, on their way to conquering the world, they pause for a fleeting moment—even if they themselves fail to notice it at the time. It is only when the fractures have filled their hearts and endless longing echoes hollowly within them that they come to understand how desperately they wish to return to the young days in Kirkland House, to possess once more a moment of stillness like that one.



















