This time, Samir was perfectly serious. He knew just how hard it would have been for Katie to get it out in the open, especially for someone she wasn't particularly close to. Of course, as he was also aware of, the closest you were to someone, the harder it felt to say it. It was a paradox, but it was the painful truth.
"Thanks for sharing." He gave her a sympathetic smile. "It gets easier once you get started. At least that's how it was for me." This was another weird contradiction, but one that kind of made sense - for Samir, it had been harder to tell those he was closest to, but easier to say it to himself.