Arrow Lake sturm und drang

a nod; a somber look. "takiyok told me vhat had happened," mahler ventured gently. it was a sad thing, he supposed, that he could not offer platitudes. too devoted to pragmatism he had made himself, until he found he could not be a comfort to tahani now. 
"it is good to meet you, also," he murmured. "ve have much to learn." a glance skyward before his gaze resettled upon the woman. "have you eaten?" in her condition, mahler suspected tahani did little than subsist upon the caches, and wished to provide her with more if she accepted.