It was getting extremely difficult to stay outside the cave with Valdis coughing and hacking like that.

"It's wrong," Pepper said firmly. "It's wrong." She hesitated briefly, but continued. "I know... I know what it's like to lose a parent, I know how much that hurts. I know how much it doesn't make sense and how much it feels like the world is ending. And I also know that things keep going, and that you're not alone."