“Just on the inside, though,” Seth said. “Like in my chest. Like I breathe air into my chest, and there’s more space in my lungs than before. But not my lungs really. I just feel like there’s more room inside me than there used to be.” August briefly tried that on for size. Wondered if he longed for summer because summer made it so much easier to breathe. “Is that how it feels to you, August?” “I’m not sure,” August said. “But I guess that’s as good a way to describe the feeling as any.”
