Carver just shakes his head. No, not this time. And what is he supposed to do with that now? You can’t ask someone not to hurt you when it’s bad, that’s practically begging them to do it. But you can go reckless and empty and walk away when it’s done and that’s nobody’s fault. It’s just a moment. It means nothing and it’s not worth remembering after. But this?

They talked about their ghosts. And so this is the part he carried. Is carrying, now.

“It ever like that for you?” Carver asks finally.