The similarities between Penny’s disappearance and Pok’s death have such devastating implications.
Sklonda and Riz having no closure regarding Pok’s death since there was no body. Sklonda hoping and praying that maybe he just faked his death for a mission, still holding a funeral but telling her nine-year old son that his dad’s business trip was taking a bit longer then expected. Only a year later, when her hopes thinned enough to finally snap, does she take her son to his fathers grave and explain.
Penny’s disappearance reaching a certain number of months that Sklonda’s hope begins to slowly shred—too similarly to when her husband left her. Riz, feeling an eerie sense of deja vu, hoping that history won’t repeat itself, that this won’t be another instance of believing and expecting a return, and then never getting one. How many times do you think he stayed awake at night wondering if another funeral would be held with an empty casket.
