Was I really that different? [ Well, he already knows the answer to that. He's certainly changed, there's no doubt there, it just didn't occur to him how obvious it was. ]

My friend... in the photo over there, she passed away in that time. When I got back here, I thought it was gonna be hard to reconnect with all my friends. [ Probably because they knew he had Pyrrha in his life, some who have even met her at some point here. He couldn't hide his grief from them. ]

--a-anyway, when we had that talk, that was the moment I remembered that treasuring friends is important. [ And how sad it is to be without them, like he had seen in Namine. ] I guess what I'm trying to say is... you're good at it! Talking, and being friends with people. Kinda like now.