She looked haunted, but why wouldn't she? What hell that was to go through.

"Life...really sucks sometimes, you know?" That probably sounded stupid, but he decided to go with it, looking sadly into the void.

"My world was like that too. Almost everyone was an orphan by the time they were ten. We tried to fight the monsters, to give kids a chance at growing up with a family, but...none of us could do it all."

He sighed. "You're not alone. I know that doesn't make it any easier."