"You think, and he does too, that we're forcing him to grieve all over again. This couldn't be further from the truth."

She says, earnestly, eyes bright and wide.

"The truth is, he has never mourned the loss of his people. Now, he has lost every one of them. It was going to be like this, with or without our help. Let us take him through the anger, safely. You fear we will hold him to a standard he cannot attain- that is not the case. We want only for him to survive with his soul intact."