It doesn't, but initiative, and more of it, might. Mia's hair is given an assuring stroking. This might help his niece-by-marriage-to-a-man-he's-uncle-to-by-marriage calm her mind enough to clear away some of the emotional tumult and get some thinking in.

"When exactly did this happen? Him dying? Did they tell you when you found out about it?"

Announcement sign for wake? What announcement sign? He was here in Vane hiding from the full moon and missed it.