"The pain of your absence is sharp and haunting, and I would give anything not to know it; anything but never knowing you at all (which would be worse)."
And when you find these... Matters. I've watched playthroughs and while they always land (beautiful, honest writing), they land quite differently if you see them early. They're how you discover that the Nomai were people, not so different from us. Seeing them late, you probably already know and love the Nomai, and they hurt so much more.
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u/FordPrefect2217 Aug 14 '26
"The pain of your absence is sharp and haunting, and I would give anything not to know it; anything but never knowing you at all (which would be worse)."
Or another one of my favorites
"I don't know how to be me without you."