Maybe all the strings inside him broke.

“being in a bad mood with your friends beats being in a bad mood without them.”

“We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think…”

“Headline?" he asked."'Swing Set Needs Home,'" I said."'Desperately Lonely Swing…”

“The beers all broke," he says again, and nods toward the split-open cooler, gal…”