[ Klaus, a thousand year old, virtually indestructible creature who has seen thousands die around him, is not generally all that reverent about the dead.

He has lost someone who mattered to him recently, though. It makes him a little more understanding than normal, which still isn't very. ]

Perhaps you might ask about the battle that killed them all. The enemy that besieged and destroyed the Temple, who the Priestess is and what she wants us to do, what happens next now that we've been defeated. What blow we plan to inflict upon the enemy, I can think of any number of things really.

[ He looks at her, frowning. ]

You knew none of the dead. Why so much concern?