"Are the cuffs frayed again?"
"Yeah."
"Did you make up for it yourself?"
"Yeah."
"The stitches are crooked."
"As long as you can wear it."
"Bring it next time and I'll make it up."
——She didn't come back later. He mended the cuffs of that old coat many times. Every stitch was uneven, but it never broke again.
The idea: Let the water lines continue to spread and the stitches finish.