It's good to have you back in the world. Sam had resolved he wouldn't say it, but there it was. She changed her tone. Sam was grateful. Stop me seeing it, he didn't add.
Nothing is lost but spindrift through the flumes.
He'd always been a wary and even harsh critic where the lagan was concerned. It had always been someone else's experience, the reality of others, thus easy to comment on. Sam needed to believe them. They were his friends. They'd been with him when Jeanie died.