Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there.

I love the idea that a name might change based on who you are at a given moment in time. Lia

It just goes to show you: you can put nine insane miles between you and another person. You can make a vow to never speak his name. You can surgically remove someone from your life. And still, he'll haunt you.

And in general, the residents of the town wondered why they all felt hollow just beneath the throat, the result of missing something they had never been able to name in the first place.