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"Do you remember when Mr. Chen brought his snake to school and it got loose? I swear that thing wanted to kill me."
Ragged breaths and the faint dripping of blood answers him. Kai stopped growling at him a while ago.
Lloyd doesn't want to think about what him still bleeding means.
"Fucking Pythor. That thing loved you, though. I think a lot of people loved you."
There's no recognition in his remaining, bleeding eye.
"I know I loved you. I really—" he sobs, "I really love you."
He prepares his swing, blinking through hot tears.
"Let's meet again, okay?"