Philip confronts the physical remnants of a devastating past relationship while being questioned by a mysterious entity known as The Guide. He reveals the depth of his former heartbreak and the destructive spiral of drinking and shame that followed their breakup, showing how he literally erased his ex-partner from his photographic memories.
THE GUIDE: I see.
PHILIP: Year or so after we broke up, if it had her face in it, I either threw it out or I did that.
THE GUIDE: You were upset with her.
PHILIP: That's one way of putting it. You won't know how hard I fell for that girl. Like beyond everything. And she said, she always said she fel
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