“One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone 

They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds 

Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility 

There is no silence without a cry of grief,

no forgiveness without bloodshed,

no acceptance without a passage through acute loss 

That is what lies at the root of true harmony” 

-Haruki Murakami

This is a story born of unpleasant circumstances and eight individuals that yearn for a happy ending.