[Surprise forces his chin up so his eyes meet hers, and he just watches her for a moment as he considers her words, finally shaking his head in defeat.] This is where I'd normally tell you that you don't understand, and it's none of your business.
[His eyes drift a little, feeling more effects of the liquor now.] But you really do understand, don't you? [His hand drifts too, lifting as if maybe to brush at her cheek or hair, but it stops, clenches into a fist and lowers as his mind catches up and he remembers why he can't do that.] I wish you didn't have to understand. [That things had been easier for her so she never knew what it was like to live as they had.]