I'm sorry that's the way it is for you in your own world, Sola. I truly am. But I know that in here [Sufferer untangles one hand and lays it flat on Sola's chest, right over his heart] you are one of the best men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.

[He smiles then, and doesn't move his hand.]

Everything here is fine. You were deeply missed in your absence.