[For his part, he doesn't do anything but let her hug him and begin to cry. He doesn't say "Don't cry"--he cannot (or, perhaps selfishly, does not) imagine what that loss would feel like, he has no place telling her not to cry should she want to. Paladin rests his hands on her shoulders, then gently hugs back...he hesitates for a moment, biting his lip, before he decides to speak:] It will be all right. Not now, but it will be. [The emphasis is not on the 'all right', but rather the 'will be.']
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