"It's just - it's strange, I guess. I stay with his family back home, but like I said, I never met him, really, because he died before I started staying with them. But there were all these stories about him, and his stuff still in the house, and it was like there was always an echo of him around, or I was walking in his footsteps.

"But he's here now, and he's different than I pictured him, and I mean - he has you guys, too, now? So he doesn't need me around. And the first couple times we talked were rough, too, and it's partly because he's really angry at his dad and I - remind of that. And he's told me that it's not my fault and he's not mad at me, but it still sucks."

He lets his head fall back against the wall with a light thunk.