I see... that must have been very hard for you.

[And it made him think of the possibility of that happening to him. That he would be without the people he had somehow grown close to... and how that would likely affect him now that he knew of pain and sadness.]

I am sure you have not been forgotten however. And while you are still here... perhaps you should seek new friends. There is no guarantee they will not leave again or hurt you, but would you not hurt from loneliness if you passed them by?