video;
[A dozen things come to mind that she would say, if she could: reassurances and fake smiles and some perfect few words to tell him that she was glad she met him. Asking him to be okay, even if she couldn't. Like so many times in her life, she can't bring herself to offer them.]
[She wipes her eyes and watches Aidan for a long, tense beat, noticing for the first time his slight resemblance to Kai. Maybe, in a life like hers, everything is bound to remind her of something she's lost.]
[And, like with Kai, when she speaks at last her words carry a solemn weight that she knows he won't want to hear.]
...Bye, Aidan.
[She clicks the feed off before anything else can be said.]