She leaned back against Rose, getting a hold of herself. "We had a link. Did I tell you that?" She wasn't crying now, and her tone had become calm. "It was after Esme hijacked my brain. I wasn't sure I wanted anyone else in my head at first." She pushed her hair out of her eyes.
"It didn't matter how far away he was, we could still reach each other. He was always there." She took a deep breath. The diamond form blocked out a lot of the emotion. She could talk about it with some rationality--that was a lot more than she'd been able to do all week.