Did all I could

Balthier held his breath as his father let out a truth he wasn't expecting. Not because he wanted to say something bad about his father leaving them, but because the realization that he would no longer have his father in his life was hitting him like a wave. The idea of Allegro leaving them, abandoning them almost as Aranea did, it wasn't a thought that settled well with him.

And at that point he was nearly holding his tongue not to interrupt his father. Though, the kind of hurt feelings and even rejection that he was feeling wouldn't come through if he was able to get the words out. He opened his mouth a couple times to speak, but left the words silent as his father went on.

"It's okay." He spoke quietly, his gaze pulling from the ground. But he didn't get the chance to say anything back to him, Allegro turned off and left in a hurry, almost like leaving was as harsh a feeling for himself as it was for Balthier. At least, that's how the boy saw it and hoped his father felt.

And he supposed now it was his job to take care of his siblings from now on.

"Balthier"