[ Oh, sugar. He sounds young, far too young to be dealing with any of this mess, but then she'd always thought that about her students too, and look how much good that had done. ]

Thank you for that. I'm not sure that anyone would have thought this might happen, so I'm glad that something good will come out of it and we'll be prepared for it something like this occurs again.

[ She tilts her head slightly, wishing desperately that she could see him. A person's expression can say volumes about what they're really thinking. ]

Are you going to be alright, sugar? Is there anything I can do?