"It was..." Giles sighs tiredly, leaning against the wall out of sight of the kitchen itself. "It was different with Frederic, Helios." He laughs darkly. "You and Ginia...it was different with the both of you. You weren't walking arm in arm with the person the Malnosso had me convinced had t-taken my place in my old home.

I c-could...I could barely stop being angry enough to speak with him at all...really, after my behavior that night, I can't blame him for being cross with me. I was behaving ridiculously at the start of thing, letting them...letting them get to me like they did, and to, t-to make things worse...

...god, I ruined dinner. All over again. Helios, I'm sorry."