Ylrid sighed deeply as he called out to her, "You think you are the only one here who has ever suffered tragedy?" The question was more or less rhetorical since he was not going to give her much of a chance to answer it, but while he asked it Ylrid ran after Eira and stood in front of her like a wall to block her path. Of course she could always try to go around him, but he had hoped to pique her curiosity.<br/><br/>"At least<i> you</i>got to know your father for a moment of time, I never knew my parents. A group of assassins killed them before I hatched." He paused for a moment, never having told the story Ylrid failed to realize how difficult it would be to tell the tragedy of his youth. "The sick part is they raised me as if they had done me a favor and rescued me. They trained me, had me kill the people they said had killed my parents, made me into a trained assassin. With my powers I was nearly unstoppable. I also got a lot of tough love in the training of how to use my powers, so I am sorry to say I know no other way than to train rough and hard."<br/><br/>His voice began to crack slightly, and the anger at the assassins showed on his face, "Once I found out the Raven Hawks, that is the name of the guild of assassins, were responsible I murdered them all, turned my abilities and skills against them. Ventured to try and learn what I could about my heritage, found a few old stories and books, but unfortunately many of my own kind didn't have much to teach me in terms of powers and quite frankly the way I was raised didn't suit many of their personalities. Unlike you with Lord Bennington or even me, people willing to help you, I had no offers of help. Not to say they are not kind, that they would never help, but I was more brash then I am now. I have had time to learn, and while I admit I am rough around the edges you are getting a much kinder version of Ylrid then anyone ever before, including your father."<br/><br/>He turned to the side to allow her to pass if she deemed it necessary, "so run away if you like Princess, but don't talk to me like you alone have suffered. The fact is, you didn't die, you found new power you didn't have before. Embrace it, embrace something that might actually help you, or you can crawl back into the arms of Lord Bennington and be miserable."