This, Terrence reflected, must be why she had worried about him when both of his parents died. She cared deeply about her parents, in a way he'd never cared about anyone. Love for family wasn't something he'd really gotten a chance to understand. Didn't feel like his life was lacking anything because of it, because this was obviously really unpleasant for Katie. Not that his parents' deaths had been pleasant for him, but that was for entirely different reasons.
"I'll stay as long as I can," he said. Hopefully after that someone, like her possible co-first mate, or her father, would be here for her. After a moment of just sitting like that, he offered, "You can tell me about her. If you want."