Why had Eiri gone out that night? He couldn't remember exactly. Was it just to get some fresh air? Had he been heading to the store? He had a vague feeling he had gone out to get something. To find something he had run out of, something he'd been missing. What was it?

Not that it mattered. He had found something that night. It just wasn't what he'd been looking for.

Then again, maybe it was.