He nods. "Yeah. It takes away your sense of hope, too. That's what keeps you going sometimes, that idea of what if or maybe someday. But losing someone like that..."

He can't quite bring himself to say the words, but the way he feels, he's just not sure he can maybe someday with someone else now. Not when the wound is still so fresh.

"That's one of the terrible things about this place. The way it separates people from the people they need."