If the boffin could, he offered no outward indication, he only gave Harry's hand a comforting squeeze. "So don't bury it. There's no reason to here, after all. There's nothing stopping you from taking comfort in others here. No reason not to make friends, to let go a bit. I'm not saying tumble into romance head first with the first pretty young thing who washes ashore, but- Why deny yourself here? Why hide?"