If-if you're certain. [ He knows how it goes when people disappear. Especially not wanting to talk to anyone about it. But he also won't force Rei to if she doesn't want. All he can do it be here right now and offer whatever support he can. ]

It...always is, when people leave. You get so used to people coming and staying for such long periods of time that you just...forget that they can just as quickly leave. But it also makes the time spent with them all the more precious when you think about it. You never realize how important someone is to you until they're gone, as the saying goes.