He cannot hear the sobbing or the rattling. Those things are beyond him, but if he knew what was going on in Shen Yuan's head right now...

"I cannot offer you answers, Shen-gongzi."

His tone is soft, gentle. He wants to reassure, but he won't state something false just because he thinks it's something Shen Yuan would like to hear.

"But if there is a way, we must find it. Even if there is so much about this place I have yet to understand, I too have accepted this place as my new home. You are... not alone in this."

It would seem they have a lot in common, even; including a similar regret that has them planting themselves firmly in Trench for all its horrors.