[ oh. oh no, chiyo is crying, fuck. after a pause dave slings an arm over her shoulders, dragging her fully into his side, and he thinks about it. ]

I don't think that's the kind of question with an answer, you know? Because if he'd known, I don't know if that would have triggered it back, maybe. I haven't heard of physical stuff happening like that. But - he might have been...less happy, with what time he had before he came back. [ he's just assuming. ] And it wouldn't have been anything he could do shit about. Even what happened, it wasn't a thing that anyone could do something about. It was just...god, it just sucked?