[This is the first time she's seen what she thinks of as legitimate emotion out of Tsurumaru....so gently, she rests a hand on his arm.]

... I understand. I am sad as well...we are all sad, to see him gone.

[And having to pretend that they didn't know him at all all day was exhausting, when she just wanted to mourn.]

You are not alone in that. We are...all still here. And we will bring him back--as well as the others.