He walks with Cole quietly, thoughtfully. Cole isn't broken, but if he had to put himself together, then he once was. And Anders... has not been. Not that much. There was certainly a time he had to find himself again, but that was before Justice, after a year spent in the dark. There are parallels, but he doesn't know that there's enough to help them find a way here. The rituals Adelaide's found may be the only hope of solving things for himself and Justice.

"Hope?" If Cole had been ready and willing to die, then he'd certainly not seen hope at the time.