The hope is certainly broken, but Nill didn't give up. Not this time at least. She did at one point, after she lost what was the equivalent of her moirail. Without him around she started on a long and downward spiral that eventually got her killed, and then she ended up here, but she didn't give up this time. It's just that everyone she had ever tried to get back to was gone now.

Gilbert still existed somewhere, but if he went back to his own world he might not know her, and she wouldn't be able to handle that from him. Maybe, some day, if she got to leave she could go and find Kanaya, but it seems like such a strange thing to do, and perhaps not a kind one. While she loved Kanaya dearly, their relationship had primarily been around fixing the world they were in. How would Kanaya take it if she just showed up one day?

(What if she tried and Kanaya was dead too?)

It's not often that Nill finds herself the one receiving comfort instead of giving it, and though she doesn't give any sign of not wanting it, she's not sure what to do with it at first. They're both still sore everywhere, and if she twists around to return it probably it's going to hurt more than anything, but she's not unappreciative. After a moment she finally lifts a hand to put it over his, and leans just slightly towards him, not enough to actually put weight against him but to be a little bit closer. It's nice, and it doesn't feel like he's doing it out of obligation, which does happen at times.

"I'll help. We have to find something eventually."

She tilts her head a little to get a better look at him, and after a moment of uncertainty, the voice asks quietly, "What would make you happy?"