It is only natural not to want to lose someone you are close to... I certainly cannot blame anyone who is upset by that.

[...but, honestly, she hopes they'll be able to get their act together so that the loss is only temporary, rather than permanent. from the sound of it, with the exception of the thots, they'd all managed to do that before.

it would be soul-crushing if they're not able to do it again.]

...I suppose this was never meant to be easy.