He knew his words hurt her, and a part of him wished he could have given her a beautiful lie. But he would hold true to himself, and give her the world as he saw it, and offer his shoulder for her to lean on. Perhaps he didn’t have the disposition to be around children, but he would not abandon her.
He said nothing about her father's body, she had already heard the answer in his words and voice. “You want vengeance?” he asked her what killed your father was the lava in a volcano. But, she knew that the Abraxa’s family was involved, and he would not deny it. He had no loyal to that family, and did not see Deathbelle’s children as Archon’s. They were Klein’s, through and through.
“I can help you learn, and hone your body” he said, but more than that he would not offer her yet. She was young, and hurting. Who knew what she would wish for a season from now?
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