(maybe it offers nothing but comfort, but that is all they can offer one another right now: comfort. he can't take her pain away. nothing can. they just have to ride it out, for better for worse. she knows this is a lot to ask of him, but she's also grateful she does not have to bare the weight of this alone.)

But obviously, that wasn't true. (her words aren't cruel, but matter of fact, she remembers all too well what he confessed last time, that he was dead.)