[That's fair enough. He can respect that even if he's aware he could easily explain this to his friends and they'd probably just nod along and accept it and be not at all surprised he lived this long. So he's quiet for a moment.]

You have time to figure everything out. Maybe write her a letter while you're here so you know exactly what to tell her when you see her again. Some people have been doing that around here. [Another pause.] Natalie wrote a letter to a bunch of us before she died. It's not a bad idea.

[...wait though.] I don't get it though, why would she stop going on adventures with you just because you got hurt? Wouldn't that be more reason to stick together?