The news about his mother passing away when he had only been seven brings about a sympathetic expression to her face and she gives his arm a comforting squeeze. Hearing about some of his past makes all of this - the guns, the shooting range, the showmanship, but most importantly the level of detail and care that he puts into taking care of his guns - mean so much to him. It helps her understand him a little more. Shows her that there's more to the sparkly young man in front of her with the easy smile. If anything the loss makes her admire his ability to do everything he does and more.

"I'm sorry that you lost her so young. That's awful," she starts before faltering slightly. Awful doesn't encompass the experience of losing someone you loved but she didn't know what else to use at the moment. "I'm sure it's been a while but if you wanted to talk about it, we could." Everyone moved through grief differently, but she didn't want to discount what he might be going through or still grappling with. Losing someone like that...just because the wound scabbed over and healed didn't mean that it hadn't existed.