[she desperately wants to tell him that no, he isn't. that he has her, even if there was no one else. but she's sure she couldn't be the only one who saw his value and worth. she doesn't want him to feel alone, much less be alone.

her voice is also soft and quiet and just as sure] But I do know. I know what it's like to be alone in a crowd, to have everyone around me grow stronger while I grew weaker, to have no one care how I was doing or how I was feeling as long as I was there to handle their problems for them. I know.