That's definitely not stupid, and it's the same thing I would worry about if this situation were flipped.
[And he'd been expecting it from the beginning, so on one hand he'd love if she didn't feel that way, but at the same time he's partially glad this is something he's prepared to deal with.
So he's quiet a moment longer, even though he'd already decided he'd be honest if this came up, trying to decide exactly how to put his words.]
I can't... I can't promise you that I'm not going to make comparisons, because that's something that just happens even between people who are nothing alike. But you're not a replacement. You're different people who share some personality aspects and a history that's not even the same, just similar in some ways.
[It would've been a lot more difficult if they'd been exactly the same except for the memory of Hadriel, but that's clearly not the case and he'd been pretty sure of that even before now.]
You're not a replacement for her and she wouldn't be a replacement for you, just like neither of you is a replacement for my friend Angela, who you both remind me a lot of and I think you'd like.
[And whose words about people moving in and out of your life, but the love you feel for them being no less real or important than the love in relationships that last forever, have been coming to mind a lot recently.]
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[And he'd been expecting it from the beginning, so on one hand he'd love if she didn't feel that way, but at the same time he's partially glad this is something he's prepared to deal with.
So he's quiet a moment longer, even though he'd already decided he'd be honest if this came up, trying to decide exactly how to put his words.]
I can't... I can't promise you that I'm not going to make comparisons, because that's something that just happens even between people who are nothing alike. But you're not a replacement. You're different people who share some personality aspects and a history that's not even the same, just similar in some ways.
[It would've been a lot more difficult if they'd been exactly the same except for the memory of Hadriel, but that's clearly not the case and he'd been pretty sure of that even before now.]
You're not a replacement for her and she wouldn't be a replacement for you, just like neither of you is a replacement for my friend Angela, who you both remind me a lot of and I think you'd like.
[And whose words about people moving in and out of your life, but the love you feel for them being no less real or important than the love in relationships that last forever, have been coming to mind a lot recently.]