[Itsuki thinks back on Vax's memory, remembers that he would know the weight of that especially.

maybe that's why hearing his words calms something in him, makes it settle, even if he's not any less sad.]

I'm hanging in there. ...I'll miss them both, and I'm gonna have a bad time tomorrow while we figure things out, but... It's like you said before. Better to find out, than not.