[ he just tilts his head. ]

... I think, honestly, he needs you more.

[ but he's not a miracle worker, and it's not like the dead can come back through strange bonds and magics too deep for people to really understand here. not as far as he knows. ]

But we are where we are. Don't make it too hard for him tomorrow? I can't imagine after what you both said anyone else would try to intervene.