Lea placed the ingredients into the pot sequentially, and while mixing it he said, "After so many things had happened, I never thought that there would be a time that we would recall that day so peacefully together. There's really nothing definite in this world."
Cole smiled without responding.
It was not that he could not understand what he was saying. Lea was implying that so long as you stay alive, there's still hope.
His little brother was advising him against suicide.
But…