“Your problem, it is not here’ – he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest’s throat – ‘it is here’ – he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest’s chest. ‘My heart is heavy, too. But you must be strong. This situation, it is very serious. It is not only Cass’s life that is at stake. If she dies, the Secret, it will die too.”

“Your problem, it is not here’ – he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest’s throat – ‘it is here’ – he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest’s chest. ‘My heart is heavy, too. But you must be strong. This situation, it is very serious. It is not only Cass’s life that is at stake. If she dies, the Secret, it will die too.”

— Pseudonymous Bosch