[It's not that he's unsympathetic, it's that he has a difficult time making a Face Emotion about it. Carefully, wordlessly, he tucks the photo away into his wallet.

...]

It wasn't necessary to let me in on such a sordid tale, [he ventures, and then, softer,] though I'm more than willing to take it out of your sight so that you do not have to remember.

[Also for science but she knows that already—]