He'd learned.... That was surprising, surprising enough to make Beauty look up at him. She knew he could learn, had watched him do it. But she didn't know if he could change his perspective at all about what people were to each other. He had seemed to understand so very little of what made people who they were. But now...
"What if you had a friend, someone who was a very good friend, someone you wanted to be around a lot, but then they were gone and you could never see them again. And even though you know they are your friend, and you know that you are their friend, there's no way to be around them anymore. What do you think you would feel?"
She was tugging restlessly on the sleeve of her jacket now. She looked back down at the table.