"It's alright..." Gareth paused for a heavy amount of time, the silence paining him and likely Sophia as well. It took a while for him to fill that void of sounds with his melancholy voice. "I'd rather walk with someone in the dark than walk alone in the light." His words highlighted many of his actions over the past few days, over the years he lived. He stayed by Sophia to guard her, and he comforted her during the greatest of losses in the face of their unfamiliarity. "And... you're a friend. I can't lose you. Not now." Harker didn't plan on letting go of another life after the things he'd seen. He rolled onto his stomach.