"Me too. But, you know, we did what we could." He was making assumptions, and okay, maybe lying a little. How was he to know what Pietra had gone through? But he figured that was his duty as her brother: the comforting gig was all his.
"What happened? I missed you in all the chaos - I'm really sorry about that, by the way. I ran into Binnie and I promised her I'd clear the younger students out of the first floor. My duty as the resident 'old guy,' I guess."