He shook his head automatically and half-raised his hand, weakly waving off her apology. "We did what we had to," he said. "Not your fault."

And yet, by the same token, Sam wanted to apologize to her, somehow, for her having to relive this. It wouldn't do any good and he held his tongue, but it was still there. A desire to make things easier for her, okay even, because he cared too much to see her in pain. Even if they were both hiding it well.

"Maybe it's just trying to be complete?" he suggested. "So you can see everyone get safely rescued."