In Chap­ter 205 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Patch and Tooms are engaged in a deep con­ver­sa­tion about emo­tions and love, as a dry storm unfolds out­side. Tooms reflects on a pro­found med­ical phe­nom­e­non he’s nev­er encoun­tered, while Patch shares his thoughts on how pow­er­ful emo­tions can dis­rupt one’s life, affect­ing basic func­tions like sleep­ing and eat­ing. Tooms admits he expe­ri­enced this emo­tion­al inten­si­ty once, rem­i­nisc­ing about a sig­nif­i­cant love from his youth that brought him unex­pect­ed mean­ing and hap­pi­ness.

They dis­cuss the dynam­ics of that rela­tion­ship, high­light­ing the sim­plic­i­ty of their con­nec­tion despite their dif­fer­ences. Tooms recalls a sum­mer from his teenage years spent work­ing on his family’s farm, where he devel­oped a bond with a child­hood com­pan­ion. They enjoyed a trans­for­ma­tive friend­ship that evolved into love, under­pin­ning the impor­tance of kind­ness and pure inten­tions.

How­ev­er, the rela­tion­ship faced its tri­als, cul­mi­nat­ing in heart­break, yet the love they shared was uncon­di­tion­al and gave both char­ac­ters strength. Tooms paints a vivid men­tal image for Patch, recall­ing the smile of his beloved, which pro­vid­ed him solace and clarity—a stark con­trast to their cur­rent strug­gles.

As the storm dis­si­pates, they piv­ot to the uncer­tain­ty sur­round­ing Tooms’ loved one, with Patch des­per­ate­ly seek­ing answers. Their exchange grows tense as Patch implores Tooms not to leave him with­out vital infor­ma­tion about her where­abouts. Despite the emo­tion­al grav­i­ty of the moment, Tooms can only promise to meet with Patch again, hint­ing that he will even­tu­al­ly divulge what he knows. This encounter under­scores the sig­nif­i­cance of mem­o­ries, promis­es, and the painful weight of love lost, leav­ing Patch anx­ious yet hope­ful for clar­i­ty in the future.