Most people give little thought to Earth’s deep interior, thinking of our home planet as simple nested layers, like a jawbreaker hard candy.

“You could get the giant jawbreaker, the one the size of a tennis ball, and you’d have it for a year.”

I feel like such a baby about the jawbreaker lump in my throat that feels like it’s gonna dissolve and spill outta my eyes in liquid form.

I see those floppy ears and jawbreaker eyes and I’m a puddle of hot bone broth, like anyone else.

On the front counter there are two oversized jars full of gumballs, jawbreakers, and malted milk balls.