"You're gone" "Did you see him? The car?" "Time didn't stop, it didn't do anything like that. Time continued, the world continued. I stopped" "You know the crunch? Did you hear it? He ran over you, like you were roadkill. But you weren't. You were Buttercup, and you were dead" "You remember when we went out to pick flowers?" "Right on this hill. Back when mom loved us." "You got a flower. But it wilted. So mom got you a plastic flower. You loved the cheap, plastic flower." "You're gone. I know you are, but your flower's still here, and so am I."