Me: “You must understand by now that there was little, if anything, you could have done to prevent their deaths.”

Jay: “Of course. But that doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop trying to protect my remaining family members like my life depends on it.”

Me: “Query: Do you count Taliesin Alaistair among your family?”

Jay: “…I think so, yes. I may not have known him as long as the others, or understand his personality very well, but… he’s been here. For me. Even though there’s.. almost no reason for him to keep in contact with me at all.”

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Me: “Query: Did you believe he would send you back to Far Zenith once he found out about you and your sisters?”

Jay: “It was.. a possibility. If I were to find out an organization one of my relatives was funding had some sort of break out, I would have likely sided with my relatives over whoever broke out. It would’ve been one of the more logical courses of action for him to send us back.”

Me: “Acknowledged.”