[ As Roy slumps into her space, Riza resists the urge to embrace him. She wants to hold him, support him--but she can't. Not while they might still be observed. Even if this place lacks the enemies from home, there are almost certainly others here who might use a relationship against them. She leans forward, listening to his explanation. All of this sounds right. Her brow knits in a frown. ]

I... I remember her saying you were dead. I lost my mind.

[ The scream tearing from her throat. The sheer overwhelming sensation of hopeless loss and grief. For that terrible moment she had been lost. Adrift. There had been nothing left to live for. ]

I emptied my weapon at her and then... then I guess, I just waited for it all to end. And then I was here.