And it would be that offered hope that would keep Helen going for a while. She had to know that their efforts weren't entirely in vain. Any possibility of helping Jean-Luc, no matter how small the chance for success, was better than nothing at all. Her expression turned grateful and she nodded once.
"Then that sounds like as good a place as any to begin. If there's anything I can do to help your efforts... you've only need to ask."
She would be happy to help in any way she could and doing so would certainly give her something to do and focus on that wasn't the despair and fear threatening to overwhelm her.