— She still asks about you, but I understand your distance. Either way, I'll let her know I saw you and that you're okay after all.

—Let's be real, that's been gone awhile too. But I believe it was for the better.

—I hope you know you'll always have us, Kaai and me.

—It's what happens when one tries to hold on to the memory of things that are long gone.

Ah, the perpetual Audric dilemma...