[He smiles, soft and genuine.]

That's.. very kind of you. Something to ease the torment in my own mind? I could definitely use that.

Being alive is rough sometimes. Especially when.. circumstances out of your control start ruining everything no matter how hard you try to stop it.

[He picks the rock up again, just to have something to do with his hands and a place for his eyes to rest that isn't on another human being.]

What do the symbols mean?