Moana considered Cougar for a long time. In any other situation staring at him this intently might be a bit awkward but she was taking a measure of him, reading between each word that he had spoken. She wasn't as wise as her grandmother but there were things that she could see.

"You can't protect everyone." Her voice was very soft and very sympathetic. "And if you can't protect them it isn't your fault." She didn't know why but it felt like he carried a weight, a guilt, it was the same look that she'd see in her father.