If we are destined to be separated, then I will give you the chirping of the seventeen-year-old cicadas, the nights full of beer and crayfish, the sweet dreams of lying on the sofa day after day, and the mouthfuls of marshmallows and the after-dinner chats of human fireworks, just to avoid my cowardice, and to reward and commemorate how brave you were.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
