I looked at him.

“Eighteen million.”

“The company and its insurers are discussing resolution.

There is work to do before any agreement is final.”

I could not picture the amount as money I might use.

It was a number attached to three people whose shoes, clothes, and mugs remained in my house.

I understood that legal damages were not a price for a human life.

Emotion did not become reasonable just because someone explained a legal distinction.