“Coraline,” he says before I can hang up. “Yes, Silas?” The voice on the other side once again reminds me he isn’t just a voice or an ear. That he’s a person who feels this pain too, that emptiness inside, and he’s looking for something to fill up the holes. “I had to learn how not to live for the trauma and loss. I’m living in spite of it. Don’t let him win.”
