:: action Comme je l'ai, I suis certain originel ont eu une vie riche en chemin en dépit de cette décision. [ They were so much alike in so many ways and they didn't even know it. Nevertheless, from what he does know of Helen, he isn't surprised to hear that she chose a career over a quiet life just as he had. And he knows that with such a decision comes those regrets that pop up here and there along the way over such a decision. ]
[ It's difficult for him to ascertain precisely what that change in her expression means. It feels mixed, perhaps a little off. Although he can't quite read what precisely is off about it. Some of that abnormality could be explained in the comment about having no family left. Jean-Luc nods his understanding, glad when she seems to be comfortable in her own skin again with the topic of this... James. His brows lift slightly at the year, once again both stunned and impressed by the amount of history she has played witness to.