Duskfire Glacier nothing in comparison

She huffed softly. A sound of dry, incomplete humor and reflection. "I know the feeling." She began. "Early on, I learned...and accepted the fact that he had stronger feelings for another." She referred to Astaroth and the time he rejected her as a committed partner. At the time she did not hold his feelings against him. For between them, they still had their own strong feelings. "Makes me wonder if I am even cut out for relationships." She said, with a pointed lack of emotion in her voice, with walls up.

Swallowing a small lump of emotion in her throat, she nodded. "Thank you." She uttered quietly in response to his simple, but genuine condolences. "But...I have since moved on. At least when it comes to him." Her chest heaved, heart beating quietly. "But my son...that is different. I can only hold onto the hope that he is alive and thriving, somewhere..." Trying to put this emotional topic behind her, she glanced to him, curious. "What of you? Do you have any children?"