A king must know how to rule himself first.

Through-out the story that Liar was revealing, Vadim's eyes would widen at a few different instances. The first one scared him, his grandfather had been.. murdered? He tried to imagine what it would have been like if Liar was murdered and his ears folded.. had.. had that been what happened to mom? Did they really know what happened to her at all? He pushed the thought from his head quickly as he continued to listen, though there was one word he didn't understand. Rape? He wasn't sure what that meant, but he couldn't believe that he'd had half-brothers and sisters that he didn't know about. He assumed that him and his siblings were the only ones. Geez, how much had his father been keeping from him?

Then, when he got to the part about fear and admiration, he lifted his ears.. his father did not like being feared? Well, quite honestly.. Vadim didn't really want to be feared, either. He wanted to be respected, but.. if disrespect was shown he wouldn't mind taking the first option. Would he grow to regret it like Liar even in that case? He continued to listen and ponder, though when his dad mentioned the death of his wife and son.. Vadim lowered his head.

He couldn't imagine what all this man had been through before he was born, he certainly didn't think it was any of this. This was crazy, and he felt his heart ache for his dad. How did one even hold a beating heart in their chest after losing so much? And he and Ramsay cried over their mother, tch. It could be a lot worse, he found himself thinking. He perked up again when he mentioned Abelinda but quickly scolded himself inwardly for doing so. He forced his ears back down and thought carefully, "Dad.. I'm sorry. I had no idea of all the things you have been through." Suddenly, he remembered seeing his father get emotional when finding him with Amalia and.. it made sense. He sighed, though thought back to when his father said he'd had both husbands and wives and he squinted his eyes, though said nothing of it and instead went to his second question. "...what's rape?"