"There are bigger things than just us," he said quietly, to diffuse the importance she was lending it. "I think you already know that."
When she asked him how he had managed to move from head of the House Atreides to life in the City, he smiled tightly and turned his head away. The truth was that Oswin had made it much easier. Now, his life felt... unnecessary.
"You get by," he said, forcing cheer into his response. "There are always other ways to help others. There will always be that need." For example, he intended today on taking Clara to see the island she so wanted to see. If he didn't go with her, she'd go alone, and she didn't know the terrain.