[He's quiet as Alear finds her words, and when she does Griss tips his head a bit.]

Yeah, I guess so. It's the closest I've got, anyway.

[It's kind of weird to think of Zephia as his mother figure... but not exactly wrong either. That's something he can think more about later, anyway.

For now, he has a better understanding of what Alear's going through. It'd be like losing Zephia, and then suffering that loss again.]

I'm not great at this, and I'm not the person you want to hear this from... but for what little it's worth, I am sorry about your mom.

[Regardless of their reasons for the attack and his own feelings on that, he can acknowledge that it must've hurt like hell to lose her. An apology won't change anything, but maybe it'll make Alear feel slightly better.

After all, she's been willing to put up with him. He can offer her that much.]