[ He looks at Annie, then looks down at the table. He also takes a drink. ] The first girl I ever really fell for— I'd just turned nineteen. She was working with her father, in the German resistance. She made fun of my accent.

[ He smiles, remembering. It's a simple smile. ]

I couldn't keep in contact, with the Nazis breathing down her back. I couldn't risk giving up her position. But I told her I'd come back for her, when it was all over. And she believed me. I never did.

[ And it was never over, not for him. ]

So… [ But if he has a point, he doesn't know how to make it. ]