Hope... isn't something that does stuff. [And Ven also retreats a little, breaking the hug proper and leaning back although he keeps one hand on her shoulder.] Hope is something you have. It's what keeps you going through the dark times. They might never come back, it's true, but it's possible they could. My family disappeared, but they came back, and we're all together again, like we should be.

Look, I know it's not easy - I'm not saying it will be. But I'm saying you can't give up on them coming, because if you do, then you're just letting the darkness win.