I reach down and pull Einstein on to the bed from where he has his paws against my leg. "Just keep breathing, A."

I keep my voice very soft. He needs to hear this, though I wonder if it may be a little early. "Even if we can't do everything we want, we'll figure out how to do the most that we can. There's a lot of us here: You and L and Matt and Near and me, even Kusu will help us, I'm sure. But, even with all of us working together, there's only so much we can do, regardless of what we want." I pet Einstein as he noses his way over to A.

I reach over and touch A's arm. "We will do everything we can do, I promise."