... He does, and he knows it, and he doesn't want it. He's fine on his own.

(He's not fine.)

"No. He's not here. He... someone shot him before I could kill him. And I learned he was dying anyway. ... And the guy who killed him also tried to kill me, and the guy I was trying to kill threw himself in front of me."

It's all very frustrating and it's been two weeks and he still doesn't know how he feels about it.