[ except now that he's talking, it all comes out like a land slide, starting slow but building momentum as if propelled by gravity. ]

I don't want to linger in the past. I want her here in the present. She was all I had and then- And then she was gone and I could feel the buzzing in my ears telling me she was dead. It's been years, but it still hurts and- And I still miss her. She was all the family I had. I just- I wish she would've let me bring her back, I wish she would've let me resurrect her, I wish she'd not gone on that stupid quest. I wish- [ he chokes on a dry sob. ] I miss my sister.