"Him not being here doesn't exactly free you from consequence," Rey points out. "Because that logic could very well apply to just about any bullshit excuse."

She wants to tell him that his boyfriend will come back, but she can't bring herself to make that promise. Not after the things she's said over the network recently, and not given her own misgivings about the complacency regarding death and dying in Hadriel. The least she can do is hold those that remain accountable for their own actions.