[Delicacy may or may not land either way, given this subject. It’s still a raw wound, and he debates how vulnerable he wants to keep it open for a stranger.]

I am still navigating this… implant. Doing so isn’t as simple as you make it sound.

[He’ll get the hang of it, sooner rather than later. But still being so new, the whole concept of the internet is overwhelmingly mind-boggling.]

It’s a ugly and complicated tale, one that is better answered simply: Yes. We were close. So you can imagine my surprise.