[It seems like a flippant thing to say, but it's all he can really think of to soothe her without going into any details or blaming anyone for it.
He does wrap his arms around her in return and just holds her tight, grateful (and touched) that she's upset, almost in tears, for his sake, even if he himself holds no anger over it.]
It was a long time ago. She was as much a victim as I was.
September 26th - The Marathon... tw for all sorts of horrible child soldier things
[It seems like a flippant thing to say, but it's all he can really think of to soothe her without going into any details or blaming anyone for it.
He does wrap his arms around her in return and just holds her tight, grateful (and touched) that she's upset, almost in tears, for his sake, even if he himself holds no anger over it.]
It was a long time ago. She was as much a victim as I was.