Oh, cool. I've never met someone outside of my family with the same name. Kinda unusual, in an all-American suburb, huh? [ though it doesn't quite explain why she's so affected by the name, he supposes that's explanation enough.

he can always just assume that she misses him, that he isn't here with her, or something else like that. though his mind would never go to 'dead', it's easy to assume that he is missing from her, at least. ]

You feeling okay, though? You've looked kinda off ever since I mentioned my name. Are you that upset about our names being similar? Is it a bad thing? Is he not here with you or something? [ and there's his tact, gone. ]