"He blames himself for their death. If he had just been there and not here, they wouldn't have died."
"But that's not his fault." Dahlia's voice came out in a whisper.
"I've been... trying to make him understand that. But it's not working." Velvet said.
"So it's been a really long time since I saw something different in his eyes and I...I recognize it, because it's not the usual thing. But all Nonno can see is weakness, dwindling strength." She sighed.
"Maybe strength is how Nonno knows how to survive." Dahlia muttered.
"That's crazy. He has everything he wants in life, Lucien doesn't. Lucien lives life like it's a formula. Everything and everyone has its time, its purpose and its place and that cannot be altered. That's how he is. If that is changed, then he believes he loses his tou
