[He smiles watching her.] Well... yeah, actually. [Sure, a lot of bad things have happened but he doesn't want to say it was all bad. He was happy plenty, too, even if everything went to hell.] It's been a rollercoaster that went wildly off the tracks at some point but there were good bits, too.

[It was probably more than he deserved anyway. But he doesn't want to make her feel down or worry.]

But finger guns! I love making that gesture. Is it part of being, um, sentient plankton?