[ jude nods, slowly, mulling over a2's words and letting them process. ]

You've lost people close to you, too, haven't you.

[ it's not a question. ]

Before I met Milla... I was a different person. I didn't know who I was, or what I wanted, or where I was going. I was lost. Day in and day out, just stumbling through the life I thought I was supposed to have.

But she taught me so much. About myself; about others. We crossed paths, but eventually, those paths diverged. Wanting her back is selfish.