[ He knows that grief. Knows it himself, and knows it in the dozens and dozens of soldiers he's comforted after a loss. The best he can do is listen. ]

A clever solution [ he nods. ] I'm glad you had something. That's the hardest part of all of this -- it was at home too, during the war. We anchor ourselves to our new community and then...it shifts, and it's like the floor has fallen in.

You're handling this well, but it's never easy. Even if you've been through it a hundred times.