"No!" Abby said quickly, it took everything for her not to panic in that moment. "No." She repeated, a bit calmer. "I don't want them gone... I just don't want to look at them." She said, it was clear she was making an effort to keep her breathing steady. "I just- I get sad when I look at them, but I-" Needed them? "I can't lose them." After all, they were all she had to remember him by.
He was still alive of course, but her life in Limbo, sequestered from the outside world... he might as well be dead. There was always a chance he'd get transferred back to Limbo... but what if he met someone new in the meantime? What if he'd forgotten all about her? That was almost a worse feeling than never seeing him again. And if he did come back... could she forgive him? After all, he hadn't even said goodbye. Maybe he didn't have time... or maybe she just wasn't as important as she'd thought.