[She might not be wrong, about things seeming darker without something to find comfort it. Whether that should be touch, or duty, or any of many other things he knows people have found some solace in.]

It still has the memories of home. But it's not the same.

[And that even without taking into account the physical state of that home, and what might have become it, like is the case with his.]

It's... not easy to talk about. Even when other people might also know the feeling. Even when you want nothing more than to remember them. Remember that they were here. Wherever that 'here' might be.

[And while simply no longer being present in Avalon is a far cry from being dead... it still means not being able to see that person.]

And I wouldn't say I... care for them. Just that they... helped.