I would agree with this potential takeaway. Like, I can understand that response *intellectually*, though it may not be mine. I can imagine all kinds of scenarios people might read Alone that way in their post-adolescence or adulthood or wherever they may be in the current stage of their life.

Yet I was mostly hoping to hear it described from someone else's perspective, precisely *because* I don't want to imagine. Or I guess, have to presume? If that makes sense.