He'll take that as a good sign - a sign that Killian will open up emotionally, and maybe even let him help with the costs of the funeral - and accommodate the leaning but not otherwise move.

"They are." He's been involved with more than one store-internal fundraiser for the covering of funeral costs of an employee or someone's close ones - when his grandparents died, the family was lucky enough to be wealthy enough that the costs, and the additional costs of the transport back home, did not hurt them too badly. They didn't have to take out loans, though the added visit to Iceland for the funeral itself did replace the vacation that year. It was hard to lose both of them within a month, but it did make those things easier. He still thinks that his grandfather died of grief. ...But he is well aware that the financial burden of a funeral can be severe, especially when one already has to deal with the grief of a loved one passing away. "It doesn't make things easier at all."