A thank you 25 years later from a post on X.

[NNadir]

31. "No human being is merely a self, each is also the singular, completely independent, and in every way essential point...

...at which views of the universe intersect, as such just once, never to be repeated."

From Hesse's Demian, the translation is mine.

You were that essential point for his view of the universe and in your view of the universe. That such points are not forgotten, that they come back many years later, is transcendent somehow.

It is rare for such decency to have a reward such as this; remember it always. Congratulations on being who you are and for him for being who he is.