"It is, and you two deserve it," he assures her with an encouraging grip on her arm.

"Is it hard for you to see things from your perspective?" He asks in return. After giving her a minute to think about that, he shrugs. "It's like with everything in life, isn't it? We trundle along doing our own thing the best way we know how. Life is hard on us all, but we're all the best people for our own lives. I would never say I have it more difficult than anyone else."