Whether or not the man was his true biological father, Tengo had no intention of taking anything from him or giving him anything. They were two separate human beings who had come from—and were heading toward—entirely different places. By chance, they had spent some years of their life together, that was all. It was a shame things had come to that, Tengo believed, but there was absolutely nothing he could do about it.
—1Q84, Haruki Murakami.
