No more difficult than it was for you to be separated from your sister.

[Literally. It's literally the same thing. Kind of. Close enough that any differences are minute and restricted to personal experience. Just like it would be for anyone else. Old Man isn't about to start trying to pin down what's 'worse' or what's 'better.' And to him, it's over and passed.

He does find himself nodding as Nier continues.]

Yeah. That's right. I tried to stop him, but... Just couldn't. [Too powerful, he supposes.] At least, not at that time.