[First a frown... and then he sighs before pinching his nose a little with his hand. God this is so hard. ...Finally he settles for just glaring down at the chessboard, focusing away from Winry at large before he starts talking]

...Well. Like I said, she vanished. I was really upset, I guess. Ignored a bunch of people, didn't want to hear about other people's problems, you know that sort of thing. Eventually, ...well I guess I didn't snap out of it so much as drifted. This other girl - the one I live with now, Shiki? She was also hurting; lost her boyfriend, you know. ...We moved in together.