[ ... This didn't even occur to him, shhh. ]

... Yeah! Friends. Dat's a good word. Dat sounds... right. Friends. But... closer den dat. Best friends. I like dat.

[ He'll play with one of his dreds for a moment and then glance over at Talcott. ]

I know de feeling. Lotta people we know... dey died, too. Devoured by others, taken by de hunger... but you gotta keep goin'. You gotta honor deir sacrifices.