An intermittent shiver wavered through his body as he lowered his head, feeling a little ashamed. He figured that maybe Roma thought he was being mental again, but in fact he faced one of his worst moments yet. The mentioning of helping Orion and her eyes gliding into his opened new horizons, however.
"We can still help him... but how, he's... gone." He couldn't pull himself together to admit and utter the word 'dead'. It involved a finality he couldn't grip.