I ask Sansa a lot of things, for that precise reason. It's always sound advice, so... thank you.

[Hearing something he knows to be true and can therefore immediately agree on seems to bump up his housemate's worthiness of trust by a few iotas, at least.]

Sad.

[He squints at the figure, as if considering it from a new angle, before nodding solemnly. There's a childlike focus and intensity to his expression as he says]

Mariana is unhappy, lately. It could just be correlation, but... it's like you said before. Nothing stopped you from finding these. Your sadness might be deeply coveted empathy, by one who starves for it.