Anne pressed her teary eyes tightly shot, disappearing from her grim and anxious little life in the comforting warmth of a caring grown up. For a moment, she considered not saying anything and clinging on to Elijah and crying against him for a long time, maybe stay like this forever. But when she came back to her senses and was finally able to utter a word between her sobs, she barely more than whispered: "Simon."