[They shake their head. One doesn't have to speak to be truthful, and that's better; they prefer that. It feels wrong to break the silence like this, to encroach on this moment at all. Even if she's being honest when she says she'd rather not face it alone, it still feels like a disrespect.]
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[Maybe that, too, is a truth in its own way.]
You don't seem to really talk about him.