[Bwehehehe, his Cunning Plan is a complete surprise success!

And although his smile dims at her comment, it doesn't quite fade away.] While I'm a bit loath to admit it, I am.

They deserve remembrance, to be sure. But I doubt they'd want me to focus on death to the exclusion of life.

[And if they did, then why the heck was he bothering to mourn for them? Better to assume they were nice and solidly decent people.]