[This is such a sad subject that Kubo's not even up for playing a story to it. This question deserves an answer that's unfiltered . . . because tha'ts all he can come up with at the moment.]

I really liked her, too. She was kind and helpful, she knew a lot about the way that being a storyteller, being a musician works in this time -

But we never did any projects together. I was distracted . . .

[His mother came back from the dead. Again. How could he not be?]

I thought we had time.

It was a mistake. And . . . I thought it was a mistake I'd already learned not to make, but . . . I won't make it again.

[It takes him a minute to reach out and shut off the video. He's a sad Paperboy.]