The window seats are a little much, but the room does remind him of the place he stared with Walter. Makes what heart he has left twinge a little, actually. Astrid hugging him doesn't make it any easier to deal, but after an awkward freeze moment he slowly, stiffly, returns the embrace. He hasn't hugged anyone in a long time.
"You don't have to worry about me," he says again quietly.
Abandon All Shoes Ye Who Enter Here
"You don't have to worry about me," he says again quietly.