[He actually flinches just a bit at that. It is like he's mourning a dead person, isn't it?]

In a way, I... s-suppose it might be.

But this is almost... worse, because I know she is still alive and well but I cannot see her, or speak to her... and all the time we had together will be like nothing, unless she somehow manages to r-remember if she ever returns...

[Souji might be able to tell that this is something that sparks real terror for Robert... because it is a profound fear of his.]