[Axel is red-eyed, ready to start crying again at any moment, and has been sitting around his room with the lights out eating ice cream. Just so you know.]

Haruko whyyyyyy


So, uh cast... the, uh, the playwright is gone now... so we've got the final draft now and we're just gonna have to push forward. The show [sharp, almost out-of-control intake of breath] must go on!

Everybody get together and decide when opening night should be without me. I have some... some business to attend to... [sniff]