<span style="color: #008080">"You don't have to be sorry."</span>Dimitri replied, almost as though it was by instinct. He'd spent many months hearing how sorry his parents were that they couldn't see one another anymore. All that had separated them, was a five minute walk and the will of those who raised him, which was a wall stronger than diamond. Of course, there was the couple times that one or the other had climbed over that diamond wall, so to speak. But Dimitri would have never admitted to that.<span style="color: #008080">"You don't have to be sorry 'bout Scarlett."</span>He repeated, he'd said it so many times that just thinking about it made him recall old memories.<span style="color: #008080">"She's real close, if she stuck around. I could go see her."</span>Dimitri said, to assure Alannah, though his mind had already been made that he wasn't going to. There would be a thousand impossible things to explain to someone who deserved the entire world.<br/><br/>He thought about asking what happened to them, if Lucy found out on accident. Through his silence, he was certain that she wanted the moment alone. That she didn't want to talk about Lucy or the loss of her. He decided to take the hint while he still could. He wouldn't be able to stand it if he made Alannah cry.<span style="color: #008080">"Yeah. I'll be thinkin' about you."</span>Dimitri replied, slowly and regretfully. He didn't want to leave her like this, not while she was upset. All the possible bad things that could happen flashed through his head at the moment, and his arms gently tightened around her slightly more. Letting go was only letting go for a few minutes, he decided. He willed them to go back to the rock. He was certain Alannah could swim, but she could breathe under this water, and he wasn't sure how buoyant she was without feet.<span style="color: #008080">"I'll be back. If you need somethin', just yell. And be careful."</span>He said, as though he was leaving her somewhere dangerous.<br/><br/>He got out of the river pretty quickly, not a drop of water on him due to his lineage. His pace was immediately faster than normal, he wanted to be back as soon as possible. His walk back had him not observing much, as he'd grown up with it all, the usual wonder was absent as he paced forward as fast as he could. There was simply one thing that caught his eye, something amiss that only happened every so often. The door to the barn was wide open. That was clearly an indicator that someone was in there, though doing what, Dimitri could only guess.<br/><br/>He walked in, his pace becoming ever so slower, as he spotted nobody in there. Among the darkness, he couldn't see much, all the windows were closed as usual. All he could spot besides old pens, equipment, and dust was a collapsed shelf near a corner, where only some light was showing. Dimitri approached it, displeased with the fact that his parent's property was damaged, though he wasn't surprised with the amount of time these shelves hand been hanging up. He'd never understood exactly why they were so high up, they couldn't be admired. Not to mention they very rarely had any visitors.<br/><br/>He lifted the one thing that he could even identify from the fallen shelf, it was a picture in a frame, glass had shattered from the frame and dust covered it. After blowing on it, Dimtri lifted the photo up in to the crack of light just above him. He wasn't sure exactly what to expect, probably just him, or one of his parents.<br/><br/>The picture revealed to be a black and white photo of the same man Dimitri had seen back in Boston, the same one they'd come all this way to make sure his mother was safe from. He wore the same exact suit Dimitri had seen him in, and even though he was in shock, Dimitri was able to read the message written in marker. "I'm sorry that all we can offer for your service is this. We'll never forget you. - WD13"<br/><br/>Dimitri eye's widened as he struggled to understand even an ounce of what he was learning. The frame fell out of his hands as he stepped back. Only a moment after he heard footsteps, and through instinct, Dimitri pretended he hadn't seen a thing.<br/><br/><span style="color: #0080BF">"Son? Are you in here?"</span>