[Pike just held her like that, letting her sink into his embrace and their shared sorrow. He hoped that she could tell he was getting just as much out of this as she was, that he needed someone to vent his burden to as well. As much as he'd come to terms with it the knowledge of it still weighed heavily on him. If nothing else he was glad that it helped him understand La'an's position better, that it let her open up to him and start some of that work to move through what had happened as much as anyone could.]

I don't. I don't move forward despite it, I move forward because of it. Because all that sorrow and grief is just love that doesn't have it's proper place to go. And eventually you find other places to put that love or the memory of the love starts to overpower those feelings of sorrow. It will always be a part of you, but it's a memorial to something that was wonderful.