[That's good enough for him. He knows people well enough, and he knows Mary well enough that he knows that it won't be so simple.

But so long as she doesn't give up, she can find that hope to carry on later.

That will have to be enough.

He sighs quietly, and nods his head slightly.]

That will do. For now, it is fine to mourn.

[It's.... not so difficult, to say these things, when it's Mary staring at him like this.]

I am not Tenka--but should you require anything that you would normally ask him, I will be here to ask.