[The whole thing is... Complicated to say the least, especially considering he's unfamiliar with the situation and hasn't had much of a chance for it all to sink in yet, but this is one of those areas where his high intelligence really actively aids him. So the story makes sense, for the most part anyway, and the most important aspects regarding the subject at hand--and Mello motivations and mental state--are as clear as they can be with such limited information.
Now that the story itself seems finished, Lance takes a moment to mentally go over a few parts and sort out how to respond and what to focus on first, but as he does that there's something very obvious to address before anything else.]
I'm sorry you had to make a decision like that.
[Being in the position to have to do so, and then choosing that particular option, couldn't have been easy and, more than that, it must be very lonely, in a way. It's important to acknowledge that, especially because he gets the distinct impression that Mello doesn't place as high a value on his own life as he perhaps should.]
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Now that the story itself seems finished, Lance takes a moment to mentally go over a few parts and sort out how to respond and what to focus on first, but as he does that there's something very obvious to address before anything else.]
I'm sorry you had to make a decision like that.
[Being in the position to have to do so, and then choosing that particular option, couldn't have been easy and, more than that, it must be very lonely, in a way. It's important to acknowledge that, especially because he gets the distinct impression that Mello doesn't place as high a value on his own life as he perhaps should.]