>>5293617even if it is just an NPC, remember, proenza DOESN'T have an outsider view on the story.
for him, all of this is very real, and he has just lost a person who trust him, at least to a degree, which isn't easy in his position.
even if WE don't and shouldn't feel hard from this, HE is not us. and should feel about this how a person in his position would feel about such losses, especially after having been so broken by so much death around him, most of it being from his directions and actions.
proenza isn't a fortress of steel, and this is where his lack of experience in the navy in dealing with death will come to bite him in the soul.