Kieren isn't exactly ready for how violently loud it's going to be, and startles a little when it gets blasted. Still, he also can't deny the relief that floods him when the stone is no longer there, no longer occupying his view, and reminding him that up until recently, Kieren had been a dead man walking.

It's gone, reduced to pieces, and while he still wants one of them, he doesn't want the rest. "This is how I met Simon, you know," he shares. "He was sitting on my grave."