Seth received assistance from others as he left the morgue, his face devoid of tears but filled with sorrow. Had his tears already dried up when his son died in the car accident?

Seated on the steps after leaving the morgue, Seth extracted a plastic bag from his coat pocket, unveiling a tobacco pipe. He carefully loaded it with a pinch of tobacco, stowed the plastic bag back in his pocket, and ignited the tobacco with a trembling hand.

Upon taking a puff, he discerned the tasteless nature of