“Isn’t that how it always is, though?” Khalaji countered softly. “We only define others by the value they have to us, and once they no longer provide that value, we let them go.” Seong-Jae searched Khalaji’s face, but Khalaji wasn’t looking at him. Khalaji was seeing things elsewhere, elsewhen—and Seong-Jae wondered who had let Khalaji go, once they no longer saw any value in him.
