[ With just those few exchanged statements, William feels like a century of stress and tension is slowly starting to lessen. Is this all he had to do - say what he'd been keeping to himself? ]

I hope that I will be able to accept things and move on, one day. But it's not nearly as simple as it sounds.

[ But it's a promising statement. And maybe having this heart to heart with his oldest afterlife friend is the start to that process.

William shifts in the seat. Not abruptly standing as he did earlier, but rather indicating to Grell that she should move before he does. ]

You really should rest.