Night

And because there's a lot of music out there, each episode has a theme.

And for this one, it is Night and Darkness.

Symphonic night music from Gustav Mahler.

A song of a rose on a summer night from Hector Berlioz.

A night of love from Augusta Olmes.

Ludwig van Beethoven's political prisoner crying out from a pitch black dungeon.

Sergei Rachmaninoff's All Night Vigil and Arnold Schoenberg's music of two lovers sharing secrets walking through a dark forest on a moonlit night.

Music publishers, concert promoters and probably audiences are fans of a nickname for a piece of music.

I nodded, though the words didn't touch the burn at the back of my throat.

Nights alternated between a numbness heavy as blackout curtains and ragged jolts of anger, at Rachel, at Eli, at the way our shared friends ducked their eyes when I texted, at myself for needing answers that burned no less when I had them.

A week threatened to blur away, but on the eighth morning, 4 a.m., I found myself awake and restless.

The air in Lainers guessed rooms stale and close.

Um, it seems like I'm always trying to find a way to squeeze this onto every Pound for Pound, so I'm not surprised that it made it to this one.

It's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, my number three for knights.

[laughs] Literally, I don't know why it's called Symphony of the Night.

There's no, like...

I mean, the music is awesome, but that's not at all what the game is about.

It's just, [laughs] I imagine when they make Castlevanias, they were like, "What should we call this one?" They're like, "I don't fucking know.

Put night in there, something weird.

L- Symphony of the Night? Yeah, that's the one.

You can correct me.

Peter, Steph, Datoi, Sir Calise, Juan, Noche, Ibn, Itzebeth.

Noche.

Noki.

Noki.

Night is the late hours when most people sleep, starting around midnight.

Night.

Nacht.

Always indicates that something happens every time, with no exceptions.

Always.