The star-girl shifts on her hip to face Susan, and lifts her hand to cup the other girl's cheek. Cool, soothing light spills from her palm and fingers, offering strength, offering peace.

"To be grieved is no bad thing," she murmurs. "Grief and love walk hand in hand. We all of us leave pain behind, when we go. Let me counsel you thus, Susan, Daughter of Eve: do not let yourself be beholden to the possible pain of another. Do not hold yourself apart, at the price of your own sorrow. Let them love you as they will, and love them in return."