User blog comment:SodaCat/Millstone - Insomniac/@comment-26358727-20150926022851/@comment-2173402-20150926024205

The time stamps are something used in John Green's book Looking for Alaska (ah, I know he's deemed overrated and all but that book is really great), so I kinda wanted to experiment with it as well. It also works for this story, since it's supposed to be Tom actually sitting down and just spilling this all out to... someone ;D I won't reveal who that someone is just yet.

It's important to me, to show that Tom feels incredibly distant from Wade as he tells this story. He's reflecting back on something that he once saw one way, but his perception is now warped due to recent events so entirely, he's just not even sure about anything.

Thank you very much by the way, your comments always make my day :D