Just a bit of waterworks, yes. As far as encounters went, this was actually still pretty on the dry side.

He gave the Leuitenant a small, encouraging smiled as she pulled back, rubbing her shoulders a little for comfort. He knew she had a softer side in there somewhere! He just knew it! "I don't either," he admitted, "but life isn't just the good stuff! What's important is that we take all that grief and pain and try to use it for good! Not evil! Take my good friend Batman. His parents are dead! But he uses that to fuel his desire for justice! He does it a bit more...broodingly for my tastes, but, by guppy, he's one of the best superheroes out there!"