[There's not nearly as much to his story as there was to Mami's, so in the end there's not much for it except to go for it:]
I was ill, before arriving on the train. As in, I knew it was my time, that I was dying. Only, I ended up on the train instead, in full health, with no obvious reason for it.
[He brings up his SCA-bearing arm, the one whose hand Mami isn't holding.]
To some extent, the train may well be the only thing keeping me alive. If I even am alive.
[He pauses then, feeling quite awkward, not sure how Mami will respond. But he reassures:]
So, you're not alone, whichever you feel you are, or just feeling unsure which you are. And that doesn't make you any less of a person.
[Action] CW: (more) discussion of death/death of children
[There's not nearly as much to his story as there was to Mami's, so in the end there's not much for it except to go for it:]
I was ill, before arriving on the train. As in, I knew it was my time, that I was dying. Only, I ended up on the train instead, in full health, with no obvious reason for it.
[He brings up his SCA-bearing arm, the one whose hand Mami isn't holding.]
To some extent, the train may well be the only thing keeping me alive. If I even am alive.
[He pauses then, feeling quite awkward, not sure how Mami will respond. But he reassures:]
So, you're not alone, whichever you feel you are, or just feeling unsure which you are. And that doesn't make you any less of a person.
[No more than I am, goes the implication.]