Brian looked at Juliette, listening to the tone of her voice. It was very different than when they had first met, very different. "Well, my family use to be normal.. I had a father, mother, and two brothers... My father left my family when I was born, and then about a year or two ago, my mother was very ill, a unknown illness that the doctors didn't know what of. And before she passed away, she gave this pendant to me. Told me that it would keep all my Hopes and Dreams in it.. A Hope Lock.. And a memory of my mother. I had witnessed her pass away as well, watch her take her final breath that didn't look strong enough to be a breath." Brian was quiet for a moment. "I had to take care of my brothers and I, but then we were found out and separated. My brothers and I were separated from each other and I haven't seen them since..."<br/><br/>He kept quiet, not really sure what to say to Juliette now. "Surely you had a mother a long time ago, maybe you've never seen or heard of her.. But everyone brought into this world has a mother at some point." He fixed his position a bit so he wasn't so uncomfortable. "But.. My family has been a broken one ever since I was born... I was the one who tore it apart, and my mother tried to give me Hope by saying everything was alright, that I wasn't the cause... Even till this day, I still believe I was..."