[ She pauses to look at that hand on her shoulder, and then smiles when you give her words back to her. ]

It's a hard thing to do, though. Isn't it?

[ Lifting her cigarette now to her lips, the faintest tremor in her fingers before she takes a steadying puff. ]

They hit his dream. Grendel, I mean.

At the end of Nyx, he told us about the hospital he wanted to set up, one that wouldn't care what conspiracy or compact you were from. [ Her voice goes soft. ] If you needed help and they could give it, their doors were always open.

You'd think we would be safe. That this country wouldn't feel it as much. But they hit the hospital, and... he would have gone into Rapture for that if it weren't for Hikaru's interference.

[ Falling quiet now, looking back down at that cigarette. ] I'm just glad that Miriam and the kids turned out okay after that. But I still miss that idiot.

[ Her shoulders shake a little, but she takes one very deep breath and gets herself back together. ]