[If only her eyes could be swirls and smoke coming out of her ears...

But instead of focusing on that, she focuses on what he says next because that sounds...]

That sounds lonely... I would be sad if someone I knew closely forgot about me. I mean, even if they hadn't lived it yet, it would still feel like I was forgotten. It would be hard to know how to interact with them without acting like we're as close as I remember being. That sounds difficult.