[ he's aware on some distant level that scott lang has a family, so he was probably worried about that. stephen's not given to ready sympathy but he can appreciate assurance when it's useful. ]

Yes. It's over.

[ he says it at length, as if it's still sinking in for him too. actually, the last time he saw scott lang was at a funeral, everyone suited and solemn, a little girl fatherless some ways ahead of him and his own thoughts impossible to comprehend. ]

In large part thanks to you, actually. [ the corner of his mouth quirks, humorless but not unfriendly. ] It's not my place to tell you that you did well, but nevertheless ...