[It wouldn't have been insulting, an apology, but it wouldn't have been appropriate, either. The only person who needs to be sorry for Amy's death is the woman who killed her. No one else is at fault, and anyway, an apology makes it seem as though they haven't already celebrated her life. Her afterlife, too. Amy's the type of person to make jokes about sorries.]
[It relaxes him, to hear about Gene's deal. Makes him feel as though he isn't crazy to be here just for a friend. Like he isn't trying to go against the natural order of things.]
You won't have to. I think - after all of this is over, he'll come back.
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[It relaxes him, to hear about Gene's deal. Makes him feel as though he isn't crazy to be here just for a friend. Like he isn't trying to go against the natural order of things.]
You won't have to. I think - after all of this is over, he'll come back.
[Which makes him wonder.]
Back to the war?