"I'm sorry to hear that, darling," Rarity said softly, kindly. She squeezed his hand if it was nearby before sighing and looking away. "She is," she smiled. "But they're all struggling with their own losses. I..." There was a small defeated shrug. "Applejack has moved on without me, anyhow. I was gone almost a year. I may as well be a new arrival." Rarity was not thinking straight, naturally, for she wouldn't normally be the one to give up. Yet at the same time she was the woman that gave everything and rarely asked for anything...