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How was he to answer that?

Antigone blinked at his mother and shook his head.

I’m afraid if I see Zulema and Zosime-

The boy could feel tears threaten to spring to his eyes. He did not want to cry before his mom. He did not want to look like the child he was. This decision had come out of necessity. If he stayed in Epoch and he faced Reyson and Meadow, he knew that it would lead to violence. He thought of the mark on his father’s snout and felt shame for that action, for the first time.

Tell them I love them. When I find a place for myself, I will come… near. To see them. To see you.

She was right in knowing that he did not want to bid his father farewell. Arsenio would try to talk down to him. He would say that Antigone didn’t know what he was doing and that he was being bold and foolish. He would offer some rationale to his son’s actions – young boys experience strong emotions. The red-hooded child could almost hear him.

She loves him, he was forced to look away from Tamar. The tears stung his eyes.

And I don’t want to hurt anyone else. Plus, I made a promise to Sorcha.

… we try to keep our promises and we try to mend what we have wronged, Meadow’s words burned in his mind.