Tears flowed down his face once again. Adrien outstretched his arms towards the ceiling and ran his hands to enclose the space where Val's body had been - a caress not of imagination but of memory. He cried loud, he cried with all of his strength - he cried in joy and release; and within each breath that he could seize through his sobbing, Val's name found its way - he held it against his lips as if to keep it warm, as if it might just fly away if he let it go any further.