[He nods, for he knows the feeling. Not romantic love, but love all the same. He wouldn't want one of the tiny number of people he truly cares about to turn up here. They should live on without him.]

It is, but what you gave might be exactly what she needed to survive. I'm sure she remembers you with all the care she had when you were there with her.

[Or are you just projecting, Rosinante.]