"Have you ever experienced the loss of someone important to you?"
Kiera's voice drifted carelessly through the air as she stared absentmindedly into the ceiling of the room.
Alongside the drift of her voice, smoke swirled through the air.
"...I have."
A dry voice replied shortly after, a pair of hazel eyes fixed on the ceiling above. The two sat side by side, enveloped in the comforting, familiar scent of smoke.
Not too close, but not too far either.
"Then do you remember the last thing they said to you?"
"I do."
"The last meal you shared?"
"Of course."
"The last laugh you shared?"
"Yes."
"The way they looked at you before you lost them."
"...."
Julien paused and looked at Kiera. She seemed lost in her own thoughts, her mind drifting towards a certain memory.
He nodded once more.
"It's all I can ever do."