"If we find the others, we can do something more together," Kubo said, stopping in his tracks. The void behind Roland that seemed to breathe did not look inviting to him, particularly not with the Gunslinger's words of despair seeming to come from it.

He cast around for something else to say, some other way to pull the transforming man away from the void.

"You can tell me who they remind you of," he prompted, gently. "I'll listen."