[He appreciates it, and offers a flicker of a smile in response.]

I know. I know I can feel all of that. I'm just... I don't know. Mentally sorting it out still. Like putting stuff into boxes when you move house or... something.

[He shakes his head.]

We weren't there yet, but it was looming. [He picks at the sleeve of his shirt.] When things were good here, we were great. But when things got bad it was... hard. We're really different people and as much as we hoped our difference balanced out they just... weren't. I guess we were going different places and realised we could support each other better as friends. Gives more of a chance to step back when we need to.