It always surprises him, if just a little, how often people hug on the train. Not that they're so in short reply since he because famous back in Zanarkand - but when he isn't the Star of the Zanarkand Abes, he doesn't expect it. It's strange.

But he puts a hand around to her shoulder he can reach, leans into it, trying to offer the comfort back. Quiet for a moment, just to indulge in the affection.

"It's a second chance we shouldn't have had," he says quietly; both of them, both he and Nerdanel. "It's worth the pain...right?"