The song had come on earlier — that track her friend Marco had sent her months ago, the one with the soft, looping piano and the vocal that seemed to breathe rather than sing: "On s'en ira…" — we'll go away.
The fisherman finished his cigarette, stood, nodded at her, and walked away. She wondered if he was a ghost. Or a warning. Or just a man who couldn't sleep, same as her. At 5:48, the ferry horn groaned — low, warm, almost kind. Goulam ft Dj Pakx - On S- en Ira -chill mix 202...
"Leaving," Lena said.
"Same thing sometimes," he replied.