Time broke somewhere between her last line and the end of the story.

The description “hot tears” bothers me a bit, only because she does not feel his tears, only sees them.

Time broke, or the first part was in memory.

Time literally broke, but I really half-assed this whole delivery.

I just re-read it.. but now I kinda like that time broke. It was like a dream.. she was warned by the man who in the next instant was old and dying.