“And.” “I won’t leave him behind.” “And.” “We will not be forgotten. The four of us. We are not so easily disbanded.” I blinked again. “And.” “As of this moment, we are friendship-bound. No matter what winds blow, the fact that this has happened is immutable. Everything in the future may change, but our present claims something stronger than change.” “What is that?” “Truth. We are a truth. You, Pierce, Islington, and myself.”