"You sound quite a bit like me - I had spent those long days at a healer's station relieving pain." the hand on his shoulder shifted enough for him to see she was lifting up a finger, to stress her following point, "Just the pain, as it's, of course, all I am able to do. I felt rather useless at the times when the injuries were quite severe. But I did my best."

She furrowed her brow slightly though, despite how pleasant the conversation was going.
"Emotionally, though, taking only yourself into consideration... how are you holding up?" a brief pause, "That is what I truly worry about - I apologize if it is too forward."