Changing the subject at first... but when that didn't work, telling him that he didn't have to force himself to be okay.

[ and of course he'd denied that, and... honestly, just thinking about it makes Rion droop a little more, as though she's trying to curl up. ]

I know... people have different ways of mourning, but I don't know if what he's doing now is actually helping him or not. Or what I can do for him.

[ Shiori had been her friend too, but she can't even begin to compare how she feels about it to what Kou's been dealing with. ]