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Long didn't reply, still laying down and staring at the ceiling like before.

Rosen was silent for a long moment, "Do you miss your sister?" he asked.

It didn't look like Long was going to reply. But then he whispered, "Yes."

"Do you miss Sheng?" Rosen asked quietly.

Long was silent for a little while, finding that a funny question. "Yes," he decided quietly.

Rosen was silent for a long time. "... I miss people too," he finally whispered.

Long paused for a moment. "... Your family isn't here?" he whispered.

It didn't seem like Rosen was going to answer but finally he whispered back, "... I have no family."

Long was silent for a minute before asking, "Who do you miss?"

Rosen sighed a long sigh before slowly listing off, "Ashly, Bettina, Jarod, Dalene, Tawanna, Babara, Donnie, Avis, Carlena," and went on listing names of both girls and boys for a few minutes, ending with "... Missy."

Long was silent for a minute before noting, "That's a lot of people to miss."

"They don't miss me," Rosen muttered bitterly.

"... Why?" Long asked quietly.

Rosen was silent for a few long minutes. Then he muttered in a low, heavy voice, "... because... they've been erased of me."

Long was silent for another minute before replying, "People have been erased of me too," he told Rosen. "But... I don't remember their names. But there are probably more people I've been erased of. There's... a lot I don't remember."

"I wish I wouldn't remember," Rosen muttered bitterly, "You are lucky not to remember."