[ He exhales a laugh and looks away as they walk. ]
If I have been blessed at all, it has been in the kindness and loyalty of those I would call my friends.
[ It's said with clarity, but he doesn't look back to her until the words lift from the air, and he smiles privately for her. She has remained kind and loyal, certainly. He can't say the same for everyone else at moment; at least, not without falsehood. ]
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If I have been blessed at all, it has been in the kindness and loyalty of those I would call my friends.
[ It's said with clarity, but he doesn't look back to her until the words lift from the air, and he smiles privately for her. She has remained kind and loyal, certainly. He can't say the same for everyone else at moment; at least, not without falsehood. ]