I can't say I have much basis for comparison, but in this case, it was.

[ A soft sigh. ]

One night we were texting; the next, he's gone from my contacts list. Like it was all some kind of strange dream...

[ A sweet one, too; though he won't say that. ]

I wonder, will his duel spirits have gone with him? [ He'll miss Ruby's playful trilling, too; she was always just as sweet as he was. Tatara would surely trade away something for one last chance even to just scratch behind her ears. ]

I can't see them, so... eheh. It's kind of hard for me to tell.