[Saeri knew exactly how Luz felt. The same way she feels right now with a broken bond split three ways. She hates that she feels disconnected unable to sense the Soulcarver as she had been able to for weeks. She hates even more than she can't feel Romero. For very different reasons.]

It will fade, give it time. The benefit of those types of bonds is absence does make the reverb less noticeable.

[She doesn't comment about "meeting someone new" because she's seen how that goes. Either they leave or she does. Instead she keeps the conversation on something else.]

You okay with getting all of them down? There's a stool over there for you to reach, but be careful with the ones full of crystals. Those were a bitch to find.