Ellie understood what her best friend was saying on an incredibly deep level. After all, she was having many of the same thoughts and issues. They both had an incredibly difficult year, and then to top it all off, both had lost their magic. Jobs had been impossible, future dreams had been lost, hearts had been broken. If anyone understood him, it was her, and vice versa, it seemed.
"Yeah... I know it's not about me. Because honestly? I'm guilty of the same thing. I just... I don't know some days if I can do this anymore, Ern." It was blunt, blunt and dark and honest but it was also where she was truly at.