He was. A good deal of us, including an enemy at home, were here. And now...I am the only one left. It...will be three years this summer that I've been here. It does get a bit less odd, every time you allow it to do that. And it IS possible for those you love to come through later on. I have seen it happen more than once, and well, here YOU are, to be with your sister, are you not?

[This is followed up with an encouraging smile.]