"I got real lucky." Not everyone gets to be forgiven, even in death. Not everyone gets their legacy written in the stars. He gets to take that with him. Even if he also couldn't bring himself to follow up on that forgiveness. It wasn't worth the risk of spoiling it to try and even pass on a few more words.

"You alright? Nothin' worse happen?" He comes over to put an arm around her shoulders in immediate greeting, not even hesitating about it.