You go back to the boat. The boat goes back to the village. The week goes back to the beginning.
The bus driver says the name of the village like it is a question, and this time you do not answer.
Six days. The tent. The broom. The lanterns. The bell.
You have decided not to notice, which is the one thing she cannot take from you and also the one thing that costs you everything.
The cicadas start again. They always start again.