"Perhaps.". Micha had experienced her own sense of emptiness when Steve had been killed during the alien invasion. Fortunately he'd only been gone a few weeks before he returned, but her unhealthy response was something she meditated on quite a bit over the following months.
"I know it hurts. Presumably the Masters did too. I think they were wrong to ban attachment altogether, we are stronger for it as long as we don't let it consume us. Do you think House would be happy to see you hurting yourself?"