If only.
Because in reality, the Imperial Crown Prince had never been great at comforting anyone.
And if he were being totally honest, he had been scared shitless the entire time because he wasn't sure how to deal with people currently experiencing what looked like post-traumatic stress disorder.
He had seen this before, during his time on the frontlines and as he got to know several retired military personnel. But with how common it was for everyone to carry such a burden because of the brutality of their fight for survival, it was usually something they dealt with only after staying alive.
And that was if they managed to survive long enough to even think about their experiences.
After all, the survivors usually had a timer on their lives, just waiting before contamination took what remained of them.
While it was cruel, they had no choice for the longest time.
If they stopped fighting to process their pain, their traumas would only turn into renewed, all-too-real horrors.
