Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-5306249-20190702052452/@comment-5306249-20190702165201

The implication is that A) his cousin is probably his only living relative/who cares enough to show up, and that B) despite the hole obviously being concrete, that the protagonist also has an obligation to keep it shut and thus regards it with casualness until the mirror manifested the hole. I think the idea is that Jeremiah, much like the protag, comes from a superstitious background and wouldnt say anything about the anomaly, instead distancing himself mentally and physically from it (much like yhe curse of the wendigo in some native american lore).