I guess so. [She can't really know for certain--after all, Archie's existence remains a mystery to her as far as the stories go, and she hasn't had much chance to get to know them here--but there's no denying the miasma of sadness under which Hornblower conducts himself in Forester's books.] He's lucky to have you, then. It'd be a sad thing, to go through life without anyone there to pull you out of your misery. [Something something platitude something something. This Kay would rather solve problems with cake, on the whole.]
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