Koishi was just nodding, a bit more focused than usual on Konoka. "I'm in a similar place. Miss Satsuki is gone. She was the very first person to greet me when I came here. And before that was Luke. He vanished and Miss White was there to help me stay focused."

She looked down at her shoes and then back up. "I can't feel loneliness. I can't feel anything at all, actually. But I can sense your feelings. It's probably how I would feel too if I could. It's familiar and hollow and full of coarse glass and ice shards and I'm sorry."