[Well... if that doesn't hit a nerve, nothing does. Nowhere to go but forward, because there are people depending on you. Because you have to. If you don't, there's no one else who can, there's no one else for people to fall back on.]

[You're left there, holding on when you just want to fall apart. You have to be fine. You have to stand there and say "I'm fine".]

I...

I understand.

[He completely understands. And he's sure Vyng knows that. They've known each other long enough to figure that out.]

I'm here, though. For whatever I can do. Whatever we can do - you're important to us, Vyng. I don't know if there is anything, but - please, if there ever is. Ask me? Ask us?

[Because by now, he doesn't even have to ask his husband for support on this. He knows.]