Finally? She said ‘Finally’, as if she expected it.

“What do you mean? Where’s the rest of him?” he blurted madly.

“The rest of who?” she calmly replied, still reading the paper.

He nearly fell over at her ridiculous apathy. “The rest -, wait, what? The rest of the BODY !”

She almost glanced up at him, but not quite.

“Why do you assume there is more? It’s always something more with you. Can’t you simply accept what you have seen?”

He rubbed his face and shook his head, awkwardly shifting in place in the hallway. “I can accept many things but I think most rational people-”

“I am rational” she interrupted.

“-find a hand or arm and wonder why there is no person to go along with it. It just stands to reason.”

She shook her head, more disappointed than disagreeing.

“If you don’t want the answer, don’t ask the question.”

He smiled, still angry, hands on hips. “No, that’s okay, I think I am asking the question.”

She faced him for the first time. “Look behind you.”