Jalany sat in silence for a while, thinking over everything that had just been said. He was as lonely as she was, she thought, but for different reasons. The biggest difference was that, while she actively sought friendship, he would distance himself. He'd been just as hurt, but in different, opposite, ways.  She wished there was some way to help him, but unless he let her get close enough--which would never happen--there was no way she could. She sighed and sat quietly for another few minutes, sipping her coffee, before getting back to her paperwork.