Joe stays very still as Quynh reaches for him in turn, her touch so light on his beard he can barely feel it at all. He does not flinch at the question, tilting his chin up in determination. "We will heal," he states, calmly. They always do. "And then there will be nothing to forgive." Joe expects some measure of madness -how could it be otherwise, after what she has endured? And still his loves her, his sister that was lost and miraculously returned.

Very slowly, letting her see what he is doing so she has the time to move away if she needs to, Joe reaches up, meaning to take her hand in his. "Please," he says, again.