[He visibly relaxes, like a full-body exhale, his shoulders loosing their tension as he looks out into the landscape - not at Simon, but for Simon - with relief.]
Not like us, no.
[And maybe from that, Simon can understand - how does he help someone to care again when he really doesn't know how it happened for him? He remembers not caring, and he knows he cares now, but the time in between was chaos and pain and aching loneliness and a few moments of perfect happiness, increasing in pitch and frequency as time moved forward into the now. He cares, now. But if he can bring someone else into caring, that's the real, terrifying question.]
[Spam]
Not like us, no.
[And maybe from that, Simon can understand - how does he help someone to care again when he really doesn't know how it happened for him? He remembers not caring, and he knows he cares now, but the time in between was chaos and pain and aching loneliness and a few moments of perfect happiness, increasing in pitch and frequency as time moved forward into the now. He cares, now. But if he can bring someone else into caring, that's the real, terrifying question.]