"You did the best that you could, Mia. That's all you can ever do. We can't always save everyone. It," he exhaled and the next word that came out of his mouth came out almost like a whisper, "sucks."
He looked down at her, not able to see all of her face because of the angle and because some of her hair was in the way. "Look at me," he said after a long moment. "Look at my face. See what you know. It wasn't your fault."