[And of course, he has no idea about that-- he doesn't think of his words as anything but speculation, not as that there would really be something that would change this; even if he wouldn't want that, not in the end. Even if it's painful... forgetting about her is nothing he'd ever want or choose.]
[The question makes him blink, almost confused for a moment, because everything else hurts so much worse that he didn't really even pay any attention to that.]
... Yeah, a little. But it's fine. [He can handle it-- it's nowhere near being the worst he's been hurt, and you know it.]