[Radley is haunted by the mutterings and what he gleans of them. A life filled with so much sadness.... And the full story must be so much darker and sadder than what he can tell from the mutterings.

He decides to try again to get through.]

Hey! This is all past now. It's not what's happening to you in the present day. You're with me now. You're with ... a friend....

[Is he being presumptuous? For his part, he does consider Keldor a friend.]