Even if it isn't just gloom, does it even matter in the long run? The pain will always be there, its roots latched onto you until your being is enslaved by the horrors of your own past. He won't try to bring up any of those points like that just yet- there is no reason to dwell on it just yet.

Not when Hamuko is hopeful. And excited in a different way than he's usually seen her- mellow. Genuine.

"A battle feels easier when you are not fighting it alone, isn't it?"