[The irony of this problem hits Ilya like a ton of bricks. She'd been under the impression that she'd gotten over the loss of memories from Xion's last time here, and had done a good job of making friends with her all over again. Yet now, with Xion suffering the exact same thing, her mind immediately falls back on those old thoughts of how much she misses the Xion she first knew, and how different things are now.

She shakes her head. Commiserating might help in normal circumstances, but this is far from normal, and the last thing she needs to do is make Xion feel guilty. Still, maybe she can use these feelings...]

I know what you mean, actually. The way people come and go around here... in a way, every friendship we make here has the same problem attached.