Firestone Hot Springs the tidal wave breaks

She cannot even see him, can barely hear him. The shock of the rain works to drown the world, and she is quickly losing her grasp on the feeling of the earth beneath her. She doesn't even hear his actual words, in the end; the tone sounds like a denial, like continued anger, and that is all the confirmation her addled mind needs.

Everything hurts so badly, but she laughs anyway. It's a weak, broken noise, and her chest shudders as though she were sobbing as well, but most of all it is hysterical, uncontrollable, and growing louder the longer she cannot stop herself.

I'm so sorry, Shige, She thinks, and the laughter goes on, and on, and on, until everything stops.