"I'm sorry to hear that." Truly he was. The refugee situation in Lucis hadn't been great for some time either, but while trying to solve the problems of the people was a headache, he knew he couldn't possibly hope to sympathize with them. Their pain and struggles were so much more than he could hope to understand.

"You have the opportunity to make something of yourself here as well," he pointed out, though didn't push it further unless she so chose.

"More like falling off a cliff, yes," he agreed. "I was..." How to carefully word this... "I was one of the top-ranked officials of my kingdom. Here I am nothing. I don't resent it, and I know I'll manage, but it's certainly been a change." He chuckled then. "The hardest thing has been leaning to cook for myself, if you can believe it."