[There's a tiny, despairing part of her that knows what an unwinnable game it is--that the more friends she makes, the more people she'll have to lose, and the more likely that she will. But it's still worth it. It's worth it just to have had them, to have known them, for however long it lasted. It's worth it, because as much as she hates to lose people, she can't stand the thought of being completely alone.]
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[There's a tiny, despairing part of her that knows what an unwinnable game it is--that the more friends she makes, the more people she'll have to lose, and the more likely that she will. But it's still worth it. It's worth it just to have had them, to have known them, for however long it lasted. It's worth it, because as much as she hates to lose people, she can't stand the thought of being completely alone.]
Since...it sounds as though we both need one?