Novella would not answer him, but instead it would be his mother that was the voice of reason. F?licien would turn his gaze to her. He would press himself gently into her, giving a small nod. "He'll find a way back to us then... he will..." He could feel her want, her need for it to be true. For Gitan to come home to them suddenly, despite being gone for the majority of the summer. It was possible, it had to be. His mother disappeared too, when he was a child. She was gone a long time... due to a natural disaster. But somewhere in his heart F?licien felt that, just like his mother, someday, somehow, his father would make his return. Symphony would be distracted by his uncle, but F?li was still struggling. He would step off to the side, away from the others. He would close his eyes, ears lowered. There was much to think about.
"Speech"
