TO EDDIE KASPBRAK

just for you

They told you your body was sick so they could own your fear. You believed it because children believe their mothers — and then you BROKE YOUR OWN ARM to escape a monster's grip, which is the single bravest act of self-trust in the whole story.

You came back twenty-seven years later knowing the cost, and paid it. The inhaler was a lie. Your courage never was.