Two Rivers Isle forgive me, Father, for I have sinned

Well I know, now, he thought sullenly, though he chose not to comment as Burke went on to accuse Amber of using him. His heart wrenched and he utter a soft "Oh." Maybe she had been. The more he thought about it, the more it made sense - she'd been lying in wait in that pool, had called him toward her, smiled that sweet, beautiful smile of hers... but she'd also comforted him when he was afraid, hadn't she? But... but he'd been afraid because of things that she'd caused!

The hollow, empty heartbreak of first love unrequited began to grip the young man, but he soldiered on without shedding tears. "Do you really think she was using me?" he asked uncertainly, still unable to reconcile the sweet, gentle Amber he'd met with the conniving creature that Burke now described. "And what if they are mine? Won't that make me... bad to just leave her with them?"