Feeling a kinship with it, I wager.

[His tone isn't as harsh as it normally is, perhaps the slightest hint of humor to it.]

That white abyss of a labyrinth certainly did not lend itself to soothe us in our situation. Regardless of what questionable "gifts" it bestowed upon us. Shallow comforts, or cruel mockery, I am hard pressed to decide which is a more apt description.