[He's started talking about it. That's the hard part, the part where such questioning usually ends. Beyond this, it becomes an unburdening, and he speaks more easily, finding a spot away from his companions for the moment, so he doesn't disturb them. Of course, it's all one room, who's to say he's not perfectly clear even from all the way over there?]

Speaking with others hasn't become less enjoyable, I believe? But I seem to feel the distance over the network more keenly now than before. At its worst, paying attention to it at all reminds me of the others I cannot meet such that it doesn't feel worth it to try.