Then comes "xxx" — three crossed lines that mark censorship, romance, and placeholders for what we dare not say aloud. They are ellipses wrought from kisses and redactions, an invitation to fill the void with curiosity. The 10 that follows tightens the rhythm: a score reduced to simplicity, a base-ten return to fundamentals. And finally: "better" — a comparative that insists on motion, on improvement, on the restless human faith that what is can become what ought to be.