It was in a big incident that happened a few years ago. [ ... ] My parents gave their life to help save a city, and I'm very proud of them.

[ It's still upsetting to him, to have lost them, and to be losing his sister the same way when he goes back—but there's fondness and warmth and distance, too. It's in the past and it's happened, and if he could turn it back and make sure they hadn't gone there in the first place, he might...

...but he can't, and he has to look ahead. (Easier said than done.) ]