She flashed Taiki a little smile, accompanied by an even smaller shake of her head, to reassure him, even as she gratefully accepted the offered hand. She cradled Taiki's hand between her own on her lap.

"You don't need to offer your sympathies for anything, Taiki," she said quietly, "it doesn't matter how difficult or dangerous things might be here, or which unpleasant people might be brought here. It's still a gift to be here, and I'm grateful for it. All the more so now, that I'm reunited with my brother. I didn't think I would ever see him again. We must be grateful for the things we are given. The rest... We will make do, somehow. There is always a way."

They would just have to deal with the consequences of the cards they had been dealt now, and hopefully not too many more people would be hurt.