Darnell: *just /holds/ her, arms tight around her* I've been there. I know. It seems too good to be true, something's going to come along and ruin it, it can't last, it's not real. But it is, I promise you. *pulls a soft breath* I was ten years old when my father tried to kill me for daring to fight him, because I tried to get him off my sister, Cat. Mom finally found the courage to leave him, and we lived on our own - Mom, my sisters, and me - for almost a year until slavers killed Mom and would have taken us if not for an amin named Terris. He took us in. He was safe. He loved us. He never hurt us or raised his voice. Even when we got in trouble, he was firm but gentle, punishing us but also teaching us. Now . . . Cat is a healer, happily married and currently with child. Lin is a strong fighter and defender, serving a household much like this one. And me? I'm a detective. Master Detective serving the king himself. *there's wonder in his voice, and gratefulness - he pushes Kairi back enough to meet her eyes* So it's real, and you never know what good will come next. *brushes her hair from her face* And you are due for /so/ much good.