Smoke slowly escaped from the coffee cup, while Hanako stared at him. A gesture is more typical of a caretaker than a mother. Was that what she had become too? Alexa no longer asked him. Affirming it took more time and mental breath. Time had passed inexorably in the course of these two days and even more when the week remained in the memory. As well as the life was taken from Shis. As fleeting as putting out a candle flame. Now everything would be different. She had proposed it herself. "I guess you're still seeing it." Hanako didn't mince words. She said it herself, even in her usual tone of voice, the one she had acquired in the last three days. A severe tone. "Am I wrong?" She did not shy away from her gaze. He did not change the subject. It made sense for Hanako to refer to Sant

