[Tieria admitted it. He hated losing people, too, and felt it keenly when people left. He was close to those in Celestial Being because they were his everything back home. Friends, family, coworkers, he really had no one else. Losing any of them for any reason was really hard on him.
And he wasn't getting any more numb to it.]
It is good, though, that you were able to meet him for a short while, yes?