Redsand Canyon I don't know the half of it anymore

He was quiet as she began to tell him of her past. She had lived under a warmonger father. She had been fitted with the job of trying to heal her mother; the guilt in her words then was palpable. His chest tightened. Aquene thought it was her fault her mother died. He knew nothing about healing, but he knew she would have done everything in her power to help her mother; if she died anyway, then it was likely there was nothing else the healer could have done. As someone who lived with guilt and shame over his past every day, he knew how easy it was for the negative emotions to cloud your logic. 

He couldn't stop the anger that burned in his chest when she mentioned her father forcing her into a marriage she didn't want. She tucked into him, and he curled protectively around her, sensing that she needed the comfort. It took a few breaths to steady his temper, but he finally asked: Where is this man now? he asked. And your father, where is he? If either were alive and came looking for Aquene, they would have to get through all of Mereo first. Kallik liked those odds.