Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.

“Por profunda y fatal que sea la pérdida, por importante que sea lo que nos han …”

“In parallel with their ceaseless consumption of time, people would ceaselessly …”

“here she is, all mine, trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever…”

“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I …”