After another moment's pause, Sparkle reached for the handkerchief.

"If they never knew me... yeah." He nodded grudgingly as he wiped his finger clean. "Somewhere else, they knew somebody that was kind of like me, but only if you squint. But not here. Dunno how I feel about any of the people I was. If I should be jealous or angry or relieved or... what."

He'd been sick a lot. His appetite was pretty shot today for anything that didn't come out of a bottle smelling at least slightly reminiscent of turpentine.