[Wow Katara. You really are bad at this. He manages to hide a smile at her reaction. Well, he tries anyway. It's a heavy subject and he addresses it at seriously as he can.]

Ah, well. That would be hard, yeah. But you know, is that so different from life back home? Maybe it happens here more often, but... you lose people all the time. They move on, they pass away, or many other things. It doesn't make the time you had any less special.