Olivetti

Callum Kino begins to dismantle Olivetti. As each piece is removed, Olivetti feels his memories of Beatrice’s writings slipping away. The stories stored in him leak away with each painful removal until Olivetti himself is gone: “Everything went black” (190).

Ernest arrives at Callum Kino’s “studio”—a warehouse in an alley. He lets himself in when his knocks go unanswered. He calls out but sees no one. Upon discovering Olivetti in many pieces, Ernest is horrified. He feels the full weight of grief over his mother’s sickness, accompanied by his guilt over losing Olivetti to this fate. He speaks to the typewriter’s pieces, telling Olivetti that he loves him; this gesture causes him to realize how long it has been since he told his family that he loves them.

Callum walks in as Ernest is scooping Olivetti’s pieces into a container. Ernest ignores Callum’s demands, swipes random metal pieces from shelves into Callum’s path, and flees with Olivetti. Running down the street, Ernest trips and sprawls, hitting his head. Olivetti’s pieces go flying. Ernest panics because no one knows where he is. Soon, though, his father and siblings find him, and Ernest admits that he needs help.