chapters 34-39 Summary

In Chapter 34, Dick North dies. He is shopping at a local market and is hit by a truck. Dick is killed instantly. Yuki says she feels bad because she did not treat him well in life and often said mean things about him. The writer is not willing to comfort her and let her off easily. He explains that you can't just say things because you can't take them back. She can never take back what she said about Dick.

"'Maybe I'm being too hard on you. But listen, I don't care what other people do. I don't want to hear that sort of talk from you. You shouldn't say things like that lightly, as if saying them is going to solve anything. They don't stick. You think you feel sorry about Dick, but I don't believe you really do. If...