"Really? You looked embarrassed for a second." He wouldn't understand why it's weird, and she probably doesn't want to elaborate. But he moves on smoothly enough.

"That I loved her. That I'd always loved her and still did, really... but that it was okay if she'd let me go. And she... said she hasn't. She still has my lighter and everything. I told her nothing had to change and she was about to say something else, but then my shadow showed up and cut her off." He looks a little sheepish, now, shrugging one shoulder. "I haven't brought it up again."