I can discuss the killings with the detachment I have from being in this new place. The world is pulling away from me, losing its capacity to hurt. For starters, nobody screamed. That's maybe the oddest component of the killings. All of us thought the first shots were firecrackers - part of a Halloween prank, as firecracker season starts in early October.

I can discuss the killings with the detachment I have from being in this new place. The world is pulling away from me, losing its capacity to hurt. For starters, nobody screamed. That's maybe the oddest component of the killings. All of us thought the first shots were firecrackers - part of a Halloween prank, as firecracker season starts in early October.