[There's a bit of a silence at the end of this story as she struggles to find words that don't come off like empty platitude.]

I don't have any siblings myself, so I can't imagine exactly how devastated you must feel... but I really am sorry to hear that's who the Sage chose for your replacement. Nobody deserves that kind of noose around their throat....

[She sighs.]

Have you thought about what you want to do?