Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.

“Every morning the maple leaves.Every morning another chapter where the hero shi…”

“We can do anything. It’s not becauseour hearts are large, they’re not, it’s wha…”

“And the gentleness that comes,not from the absence of violence, but despitethe …”

“Okay, so I’m the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero.”