[He hasn't depended on anyone else since he got here. Not really. He's realizing how much of a mistake that was.]

I am sorry you have lost such a dear friend. [He sniffles a bit and blows his nose briefly. That's not bad advice, actually...] We are twins, identical in almost every way. We were trained in the same magicks. We even took the same fencing lessons, though she always disarmed me effortlessly.

[He could never compare.]

Everything reminds me of her, to be honest.