Shadowheart

Oh. The "loss".

[ he'd lost a few things, over the week, but nothing as affecting as what it seems she's going through. ]

That makes sense. Still, it's not foolish to want to find that possibility and hold onto it, no matter if the circumstances made it easier or not. It could be like, the step you made this week'll make it easier to hold on to, next week and beyond. Like it lifted a barrier long enough to let things through.