I want him here, sometimes. Voices are different from the living and from the dead. I don't even want to hear a real conversation, just the way he said things.

Mantis misses Liquid dearly, but even as much as it saddens him, he still feels only the greatest happiness thinking about him. No one else really ever came close to that level of automatic response in him. He pets Francour slowly.

Ravi is strong. You'll be happy for a long time. Longer than you think. No one cares that much and doesn't last.