'They're like flies swarming around food waste,' Carl thought after reading the letter from the Felt family that he had received through Lilly.
'If i put it that way, I'm just trash who attracts flies.'
Carl gave himself a scathing assessment.
Since when had such a dirty and mean thing become acceptable?
Lucas's life, which he could barely remember now, did not provide any answers.
As Carl reflected on Lucas's life, he realized that it was not just the memories of his family that had caused him to be castrated.
Everything that Lucas's had built up through emotional exchanges with other humans had become an empty void, casting a veil of secrecy over Carl.
Memories and feelings about his family were only a small part of the great loss that Lucas's had suffered.
If that's the case, then how could Carl act so cruelly now, and yet move forward without wavering at all? Was that Carl's doing? Or Lucas's?
