After his wife died, he began collecting girls who looked like her.
Like a light looking for another light, like a person secretly cultivating a garden in his heart. He never told them what he saw, he just approached quietly, remembered quietly, and waited quietly for everything to happen again.
They think they are loved.
And he just hasn't learned to say goodbye yet.
Purpose: Everyone deserves to be seen completely, rather than living as someone else's shadow.