[He stays quiet while Algric unloads this lifetime of pain and trauma. For as much as his grandmother resented him, she never went this far.

Anything he wants to say at first thought, he's sure Algric has already heard. He looks at at the tense hands of the man he loves and sets his own close. Not touching. Just an offer.]

... I think you were right. If I had gone with you, she would not have survived.