Ah, unfortunately things were starting to make some more sense to Lydia. Although she wasn't a fan of the conclusions she was coming to, she wasn't naive and stupid. The real world wasn't always as wonderful and happy as the fantasy books she read as a child. Horrible things like this happened all the time, no matter how much people didn't want them to. "I'm so sorry," Lydia now understood why he didn't want to talk about it. Losing anyone you were close to, especially in a situation like that, was sad. Lydia had felt loss, sure, but her grandfather passed away do to a health problem, something he couldn't control. Higgs' situation wasn't the same.
While she was waiting in line to pay for them her brain started working to figure out how to approach the next part. "You don't want to potentially put people in the situation of Cassie? Is that why you are doing this?" Merlin she hoped she was getting on the wrong train with this thought. For once in her life she didn't want two plus two to equal four. This was becoming slightly familiar to some dreams she had not to long ago.
After hurrying up and paying for their meals, sorry Higgs, but she was too fast, she lead them over to a table in as much of a secluded place as she could find for them. Sitting down she stared him in the eye and asked one simple question. "Terence, are you okay?"