[ Now he’s not sure if he should also address Val or not. This is really hard??? Jion frets silently for a moment, biting at his lip. ]

Um. Well. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with missing people? It’s pretty natural to want to miss people, but I also get why you wouldn’t want to say it out loud, because sometimes that just makes it feel worse because you can’t take your mind off it? [ Pause. Does that imply too heavily that Val is lonely? He hurries to add, ] — and sometimes you really don’t miss people, that’s true too! Um, some people can just wait patiently, and I think that’s also fair. It’s just different for everyone?