"Did you have to tell that poor boy all those bad things about his mother?" Elina grunted. "Hasn't he suffered enough?"
"They are not bad, just the truth." The Guardian replied. "Now that the curtain on our charade has been ripped out, the more things we hide from Valeron, the more he'll suffer in the future.
"At least this way, he gets an age-appropriate picture of the circumstances of his adoption. Or did you want me to stay silent and let Lith take all the blame? To let the wound between them bleed and fester?"
"No, Grandfather. You're right." Elina sighed. "I know this might fix things with Lith and end his suffering, but I also don't want to cause Valeron even more pain. This situation is tearing them both apart. It seems that no matter what string you pull, someone's heart ends up unravelling."
