[He feels a bit on a limb, since the monkey's voice and words seem to be diverging in meaning, so it takes him a few seconds to make the decision on what to say next.]

I could give you a speech about how everything happens for a reason. Those always make it worse.

[He's going back, digging up after his dad died when he was a young man instead of the most recent loss, where everyone was a bit too stunned at him defenestrating someone to talk about how God needed another angel or whatever.]

Or about how suffering makes you stronger. That one's awful.