[The mention of his sister devastates him but it makes him believe all at once. He might've lashed out before, a year ago, when he was still raw and had no idea about anything. This time... he knows better.
It still hurts though, the knife lancing the wound so it can heal.]
S... she... she's alive. [A single thought that has driven him for almost ten years.] She has to be alive. [They never found a body and, as Adra said, all their people were scattered to the four winds. It's still possible.
His fingers betray him by shaking, and he balls them into fists and shoves them into his lap.]
Cole. [Was there ever a different Cole? He mentioned him before. He's still freaked out about the sister thing but he's trying, he's trying really hard, so he breathes in and out slowly.] ... I'm Belthazar.
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It still hurts though, the knife lancing the wound so it can heal.]
S... she... she's alive. [A single thought that has driven him for almost ten years.] She has to be alive. [They never found a body and, as Adra said, all their people were scattered to the four winds. It's still possible.
His fingers betray him by shaking, and he balls them into fists and shoves them into his lap.]
Cole. [Was there ever a different Cole? He mentioned him before. He's still freaked out about the sister thing but he's trying, he's trying really hard, so he breathes in and out slowly.] ... I'm Belthazar.