Clementine meets his gaze as he tells her the truth, and she appreciates he doesn't lie to her. He tells her like it is even though it hurts, but of course, he couldn't be okay. He isn't expected okay. He doesn't have to be okay. He doesn't have to be anything but the broken pieces that he is right now, and she'll hold on tightly to each and every piece that she can.

Refuse to let any of it go.

She swallows at the second question, because the truth is- the truth is she doesn't know.

"It wasn't you. It was your body taken over by something inhuman, but there- there was none of you left," Clementine says with a fierceness even through her eyes burning, even through the strain of her throat. "Kokichi contacted me and told me what happened. I got to you as soon as I could, but I... don't know."

If he ran into anyone else.