Billy's heart clenched painfully as he listened. The descriptions sounded entirely too familiar to him, close to a person he had lost long ago. But even without that thought clouding his emotions, he could see the beauty in it: something pure and wonderful, the fruit of so much hard work. He nodded.

"I think I know what you mean, at least a little. I never had the chance to know them, but...I feel the loss too. I wish I could go with you."