You're At The End Of The Road

He wanted to wait until morning to break the news to Psalm and Solo, he figured they could use the good night's rest especially with what was to come. He emerged from Azzurra's section of the den early before light, coming out into the main area and waiting for his other two siblings to wake up. And as the time passed, he felt a pit in his stomach and like he could choke on air as his mind wandered with what he was going to tell them. It seemed they had just settled with Aranea's abandonment, now they would all have a new kind of throbbing pain from Allegro.

Once they both came outside of their sections of the den he took a deep breath. His expressions were easy to read, easy as in disappointed, nervous, clearly holding bad news or something of the sort. And all the weight was put on his shoulders, though maybe he had made that for himself while following so close in Allegro's pawsteps.

"Dad left last night." He paused, though that could have meant he was going on a trip, it wouldn't have been the first time. "He's not coming back. I heard him leave the den and he told me he was going to live with his mother's family." The words hit him hard as he spoke, and he was really coming to a realization that maybe his family would fall back on and depend on him from now on. It was a big thought he had last night on his walk back. "He said he loves us..." He paused, not really able to fully quote everything he had said to him, "I couldn't stop him from leaving. He wouldn't even let me get a word in before he was gone."

"Balthier"