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    the·o·rem
    noun: theorem; plural noun: theorems
    a general proposition not self-evident but proved by a chain of reasoning; a truth established by means of accepted truths.

    There is a theorem called the grief theorem. The answer is known, but the actual body of it is unknown. The answer posits that all of human misery is grief cowering behind a myriad of masks, unless it is grief standing alone. The body and how you get to the answer is up to you. But, if you listen, you will always, always, find yourself at the end.

    Suguru Geto does not like this theory. It itches under his teeth, makes his gums split and his mouth bleed and has turned the taste of dirty rags to something more like soaked in saltwater (it's tears, but he will not acknowledge that). Suguru Geto has been introduced to this theory in the form of encyclopedias and milk crates and things that are gone, and it mocks him.

    Satoru Gojo also does not like this theory. It rings in his ears like drums, beating, beating, beating like a child who has been left in a training hall and never called for lunch. It reinvents happiness into the cruelty of expectation. It turns childhood into horror.

    Grief has a name. Neither will say it.

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