[Don't think you have Kunsel fooled, Jim. He knows how hard death hits the boy, especially when it's someone close to him. And two at once, two of the closest people to him here...
He's not 'fine,' and Kunsel knows it.
But Kunsel also knows that sometimes the only way to cope is to pretend you're okay until you are.]
I woke up in the funeral home. Zack was in the chapel.
[His voice softens.]
I'm glad you weren't hurt.
[It's the only thing that makes his death - Zack's death - tolerable, knowing that at least they'd protected the two boys by keeping them out of the room.]
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He's not 'fine,' and Kunsel knows it.
But Kunsel also knows that sometimes the only way to cope is to pretend you're okay until you are.]
I woke up in the funeral home. Zack was in the chapel.
[His voice softens.]
I'm glad you weren't hurt.
[It's the only thing that makes his death - Zack's death - tolerable, knowing that at least they'd protected the two boys by keeping them out of the room.]