[ Oh gods, does he have to choose the right dialogue option here? Now?! He's not in the right mindset for this. After staring in mild panic for a moment he takes a bite out of the bread and looks into his stew. Now he has an excuse for his delayed response.
Let's logic through this. She's upset. Probably because he died. She has a big heart and is blaming herself for everything not going perfectly. But this wasn't like Vista Virs, where everyone's home was destroyed and there wasn't anywhere to escape to. Everyone knew the consequence of staying. He knew the risk when he agreed to shepherd Cocoa -- hell, he volunteered for it because of that risk. And he would definitely do it again.
So he needs to tell her that... it isn't related to her. That everyone made their own decisions... And they did everything they could... ]
Don't take credit for other people's decisions.
[ ... Yeah that was probably fine. He scoops up more stew with the bread. ]
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Let's logic through this. She's upset. Probably because he died. She has a big heart and is blaming herself for everything not going perfectly. But this wasn't like Vista Virs, where everyone's home was destroyed and there wasn't anywhere to escape to. Everyone knew the consequence of staying. He knew the risk when he agreed to shepherd Cocoa -- hell, he volunteered for it because of that risk. And he would definitely do it again.
So he needs to tell her that... it isn't related to her. That everyone made their own decisions... And they did everything they could... ]
Don't take credit for other people's decisions.
[ ... Yeah that was probably fine. He scoops up more stew with the bread. ]