What started out as a moment of departure and loss, a potential short story, withered into a nonevent.

It was not unlike what happens when two people who have just parted ways realize they are leaving in the same direction. Some people will turn to each other and give an awkward little chuckle, as in, ha-ha, we said good-bye but here we are, walking together. Some people, however, for reasons that cant be explained, will continue to walk in the same direction, side by side, neither on acknowledging the other. Its as if some Designated Time of Leaving has occurred and cant be repeated. - Charles Yu Autobiographical Raw Material Unsuitable for the Mining Fiction