[He can relate. However, their situations are vastly different: his problems are self-made, whereas the violence Evelyn had said was enacted on her had been outside of her control.
He pities her a little for that reason.]
That will pass.
[Confident of that much, Victor's tone gentles.]
You may feel outside yourself, this place may make you feel even further from the life you had, but that, too, will pass. It takes time. I think you know I have some passing familiarity on the subject. [A corner of his mouth lifts, a gesture toward fellow feeling.] I'm... glad that you told me.
[For what advice or assistance he can provide, but mainly for the act of telling, giving voice to the truth instead of bottling it up and daring not to speak it.]
no subject
He pities her a little for that reason.]
That will pass.
[Confident of that much, Victor's tone gentles.]
You may feel outside yourself, this place may make you feel even further from the life you had, but that, too, will pass. It takes time. I think you know I have some passing familiarity on the subject. [A corner of his mouth lifts, a gesture toward fellow feeling.] I'm... glad that you told me.
[For what advice or assistance he can provide, but mainly for the act of telling, giving voice to the truth instead of bottling it up and daring not to speak it.]