If I could grant you comfort from this, I would. It is a thing I am too familiar with. The callousness of other people is more monstrous than what lies inside of me.

[There is a pause, then lightly he places his hand to Lysithea's shoulder. He does want to offer something, even if it's just his empathy. Because he knows the toll of these kinds of tortures. Worst yet, she had to endure as a child. At least he had been a full grown man in his situation.

She deserved a childhood. Happy memories.]

No matter their true intentions, it matters little in the wake of misery they have left.

It could not be worth this.