[A weirdly personal metaphor, but Ion brushes past it. He understands the sentiment well enough.]

At least as far as we know, without knowing what everyone has as a given "gift" to match their title.

[His shoulders fall.]

It's hard not to feel a stroke of guilt. Even without having any way of predicting what may happen, there are still thoughts of "could I have prevented this" and "what if I had only spoken to her more?". I never had the chance to talk to Sharpay, myself.