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{{Ki narrates this strip.}}
[[Ki & Nick are at the ticket counter of SuperAir.]]
Ki: We kept telling each other it was temporary. Dad would recover (or worse, pass on), and I'd fly out to meet him.

[[Soldier standing watch at a security checkpoint with a shouldered M16.]]
Ki: I wish he could have come to the gate with me, but after 9-11, that was impossible. We lingered as long as we could...

[[Nick & Ki embracing.]]
Ki: Just a few more minutes... A few more minutes... If only I had known...

[[Nick is crying, as they kiss goodbye.]]
Ki: ...that was the last time I saw him... until just before the end...