"Maybe he's a fan of your happily ever after." Sure it was a twisted way to give Robin his happy ever after. But that was the story most people grew up with. It was tragic that he hadn't got it. "It's better to live in the now with what you have. Treasure it, hold it close, and don't ever take it for granted." His tone wasn't insinuating that Robin would, or that he had at all. It simply said that he knew what it meant to have it all, and then lose it in the blink of an eye.
"Yeah, sometimes revenge isn't what it's all cracked up to be either." It had been a cruel way to lose all three of them. But he had insured that the people involved breathed their last. But it didn't bring them back, and it didn't take away the pain of the loss either. "It was nice. Kate got a kick out of DiNozzo getting married. Shannon... She was able to stay with me while I slept. I had more than one more day with my daughter." He let a brief smile play over his lips. "I couldn't ask for better than that. I know some people saw people from their past. People they would have rather not seen. I got a moment where I saw a few of the people that I killed from Desert Storm, but... It was worth it." That little bit of pain just for a little more time with the people he loved? If that's what it took he'd go through it again. And again.