Malibu couldn’t sense the emotions of a dead body. Obviously, if a person is dead, it’s logical to assume the corpse would not give off emotional cues. Except, what if there is life after death? If a person possessed psionic capabilities, might it be possible to reach beyond this world to the next and glean some type of insight? Was death nothing more than an illusion?
Maybe.
But what was clear was that Malibu could not detect the feelings of her dead mother.
Normally, on the Saturday mornings before she and Malibu went to art class, Nancy would get up early and make breakfast, which typically consisted of coffee, waffles, and bacon. It was a hearty, American-style meal that appealed to Yukio’s “grow where you’re planted” sensibilities. But after Yukio moved out, Nancy stopped preparing
