[Dimly, he wonders why she cares enough to say that. But it's a dim thought, and he doesn't quite recognize it yet.
Rather, he asks:]
What is?
[What is a good thing?
Even in his numbed state, he can name few to no things that are "good" for him. Most of his life – most of everything – has simply been the bad. The suffering. Joyless. Perhaps the same applies to this nothingness.
no subject
Rather, he asks:]
What is?
[What is a good thing?
Even in his numbed state, he can name few to no things that are "good" for him. Most of his life – most of everything – has simply been the bad. The suffering. Joyless. Perhaps the same applies to this nothingness.
What, then, is a good thing?]