Koumyou doesn't break down much more than that, at least. He buries his face against the join of Devero's neck and shoulder, and tears come, but there's no weeping or sobbing.

The pain's not wrenching through him right now. It's just this ongoing, horrible ache in his soul. He just misses his kid. And he knows he'll never get to go back and see him again.

The dead don't get to go back.