[Ronin listens quietly, hearing what's hinted underneath the words. It's not said, neither of them did, but he can guess.]

I understand. They had very poor timing in bringing us here.

[Not as poor as it could have been, in Ronin's case, but to be torn from a funeral for someone so close-- He dips his head for a moment, sending up a mental word to Tara to look after this man's friend, if the afterlifes of different places touch.]

There aren't words that begin to express it, but, I do understand.