[Ward listens to this. He hits upon the words Seduced on purpose, then he hears the rest of it. Her brother had her forcibly sterilized.]

....If you still love him after that you're an idiot. There are plenty of other people out there for you.

[he pulls himself up into a siting position.] Plenty of people who would be willing to sit with you, willing to help you. There always are.

[He can't stand it. she's just like some version of himself where he gave up completely. Where he hadn't recognized that they had hollowed him out. All of them...

Trying to get to his feet proves more difficult then he'd expected and he falls back to the bed with a groan.] ...You just have to reach out for them.

[He grimaces. Moving isn't happening any time soon.]

....It's like looking into a goddamn mirror.