"It - it wasn't like yours, Frank. I ain't even sure they were there at all, but I could hear em- as clear as I can hear you right now, like they were right there-" he cut off, looking haunted.

"I don't know if I was hallucinatin', or what, but I-- " He raised a hand to run over his eyes. "Sorry, hoss, I know I ain't makin' any damn sense."