Tyka Nelson (pictured above) believes that her brother’s message was an effort to prepare her for his impending death.

It was apparently something that Prince and their father spoke about often, and his repetition of it established that he sensed something. “My dad and Prince always spoke in these types of riddles … he knew [he was going to die soon]. And he was preparing me. It’s very clear,” Nelson told People Magazine.

In the days after their conversation, Nelson was broken by his words, but said it also gave her time to process the worst that could happen. She included that time period up until his death as her time to grieve, compared to fans who grieved his loss after the news of his death.

“I’ve had two years to deal with it, but there’s a lot of people that have only had from April to now, so I guess I would say give it another year and a half, and maybe you’ll be where I’m at,” said Nelson.

Before Prince’s death, she says the two shared some laughs and hugs, and most importantly, she was long prepared for what was to come.

Tyka Nelson, who is two years younger than her brother, shares the same mother and father as Prince. She is also his only full sibling. His five other siblings were from his parents’ previous and subsequent marriages to other partners, per Billboard.