[He knows that everything Stahn's saying is true. He knows that Chal wouldn't want him to mourn, he was happy to rejoin his friends and loved ones and rest. And Chal of all people certainly deserved to be able to rest. In that sense, it's selfish to be sad over it.

But he is even so.

Because Chal had been there his entire life, and now that he doesn't have him, even when he thought he was done leaning on him, it was a bit like missing a limb. He kept reaching for it, expecting Chal to be there, and he never is. Sometimes, he almost says things out loud to him, but after a few months to adjust to Chal being gone, he's at least managed to nip that habit in the bud.

Quietly, he nods.]

I know. With regards to that... I will do the best I can.

[To heal as quickly as he can. To stop moping, and being depressed over something that basically happened in another lifetime.]

I am aware that...this is a different life entirely. I do not intend to allow my previous ones to weigh me down.