His smile is weak to match - he lost Yen, but it was nothing like watching Sam be murdered before her eyes must have been, that he cannot even imagine - and he sighs.

"Wish I'd had the honor of meetin' him. Any man who can recite Poe from memory is surely someone I'd admire."

There would be other reasons too, of course - as long as Sam made her happy.



(He knows Sam would have made her happier than he ever will.)