None of this sits especially well, not that it should. And not that this is anything new, either. They lose, they struggle, and they keep going. Such has been their lives since they've known each other, and it won't change, no matter what happens to this place. At least they've learned how to find what happiness they can in the midst of it all.

Still, his reaction worries her, half because of the things drifting through her own head and half because she worries about him, generally... as if he needs her to, of course, but nonetheless.

"What can I do?" Maybe nothing, that's always a possibility. She's going to try anyway. Some part of her is that optimistic, even now.