"I... I don't know," she answered honestly with her own heavy sigh. It was too much, too soon. "I've only just found you. You understand that, yes?" Again her hand slipped to cup the other woman's cheek, holding warm chocolate eyes with her own hazel pools that had started to well with tears; willing her to understand the pain of loss and loneliness. "This wasn't for a winter this time, Kore. It was 36 years. Without you. With being empty and incomplete. Please, just let me have this time with you now that we've found each other without him being mentioned for the rest of the night. Please."