Fear is like a fine-grained foggy dust that penetrates into every little nook and cranny.
One of fear's main features is how it manages to find those little nooks and crannies we thought were so well hidden. And fear is a patient critter. It settles into our hidden nooks and crannies and just waits for the right moment to surround us in a blinding swirl. The hard trick to it is that those hidden nooks and crannies are often connected to those who are near and dear to us. And so the stirring around of loved ones in living and dying causes fear to begin flying in places we didn't even know we had.