“Phones and TV screens have kind of a grace built into their separation, like the distance between the stage and the audience. It was reassuring to sense someone’s presence at a certain remove so that the space couldn’t be destroyed by interacting directly, or the relationship ruined by anything I did.”

“Phones and TV screens have kind of a grace built into their separation, like the distance between the stage and the audience. It was reassuring to sense someone’s presence at a certain remove so that the space couldn’t be destroyed by interacting directly, or the relationship ruined by anything I did.”

— Rin Usami