We have all been reasonably indisposed, yes.

[ He says with understanding - that doesn't require any more elaboration. They had a mission and that needed to come before anything else - though in a more preferable situation - it would be a chance to put the training to the test. Here, they had not been granted such an opportunity. ]

And each handling it in our own way.

[ Yes, he gets a sense that this current state of being may be distantly related. ]