( His fingers tap the flask, fighting the urge to finish what's left. There could be more, here, too, shared with the boarding house. It wouldn't be neighborly to finish that off, too. )

I'm not the guy you love. You love me, you die. Or, you get erased. ( Or, he kills you. Or, he dies. Or, he gets erased. ) He waited until he had no choice. No exit. No time for me to say anything. I couldn't stop him. I couldn't stop Billie. I watched him get sucked into the Empty.