Ordinarily

The psyche expects the irreversible to come staged with thunder: the world will notice, shudder, warn. Instead — a log settling in the fireplace, rain, a man drinking beer. The boundary has been crossed, and nothing happened. The author reproduces what is known from many testimonies of people who have done the irreparable: the most terrible moment often feels ordinary.

The second half of the observation: “inside it was quiet”. The fantasy promised power — hot, intoxicating; reality delivered the silence of an empty house. This is the psyche reporting: what you fought for is not what you were missing. But Simon can no longer hear that report — the plan has stopped asking his opinion.