"I won't deny the importance of friendships or having companionship. It's always a more positive approach if someone else shares your interests or comes to care for you. Those are good signs," he reiterates.

"But your life. Your dreams-! You endured and suffered so much for something so-" Thankless he wants to say but he stops himself before he ends up ruining this meeting of theirs. No, keep calm. She's clearly in pain. How would kicking a dead horse help anyone?

"What I am trying to say is," he starts again- more stable as he adjusts the glasses on his nose. "It's different from someone simply dying. Your situation is intentional and driven by motivation. Most people will never reach out, not through the bias that creates in their head from a lifetime of suffering."