Whoever knew that you could string together words like a poet.

[Venti frowns deeply.]

Have you never missed someone dearly? Have you never felt the burn of someone dear vanishing from your sight without knowing when you might see them again? It is a wound that bleeds! It takes more time to heal than just ... continuing on.

Not all of us can simply let go and let weakness be pushed aside. I think that is part what makes us feel.