[He pats her shoulder one more time and then lays his black fatigues in his lap, withdrawing a bit to twist his hands idly together.]

I mean... I liked her. [Sorry, Zombina, he's still hung up.] Most of us did, right? But it was only a couple weeks, so it's not like we... there was a lot we didn't know about each other.

[He slides his palm across the back of his hand to wrap around his wrist instead, as if to steady himself.]

If we'd had more time, maybe we'd have... I don't know. [He sighs.] It's not like I've never fallen in love or anything before, but I've never... felt exactly the way I did when I was with Lucie. ...And I'll never know if she felt the same way.