Vyre bit her lip and looked away.<span style="color: #a64dff"> "You... you said you wanted to see her, I figured you would like to see what she looked like. But I said humans live short lives... Maybe Order could resurrect her, but would she approve of us? Of our debauched and lewd lifestyle? I would happily let her live here with us, to see her daughter grown and happy, to be a grandmother. I'll ask Order if that's something you would like."</span><br/><br/>As he promised, Ras listened in Relene and let her speak uninterrupted but when she started to pull her hair he grabbed her arms and hugged her tight. "Then let me treat you like an adult for a moment. You terrify me, Relene. You scare the ever-loving shit out of me and I don't know how to cope so I try to run or hide from you. And you're right, my guilt is eating me alive but I know Amber's smiles are fake, I know what her nightmares are like and I... I'm not man enough to deal with it." He released her and looked into her eyes. "I've- no... I- Relene, I've seen and done a ton of very bad things in my life. I've had my life threatened more times than an Eternal can count. But the moment you were put in my arms was the first time I ever wanted to drop everything at run. I wanted nothing more than to just shove you into Tyrande's arms and disappear but I couldn't, I was too much of a coward to even do that. I want to be a better father, for you and Amber, for Kalian and the children on the way. I know these are just empty words, I know I need to prove myself to you. I have a lot to prove to everyone. You mentioned this morning how often I break my promises and you're right, so I'm not going to promise you that I'll change. I'll just do it. But please, don't even think I don't want you around or I'm disappointed in you. I understand what you're going... no, I don't understand but I want to. I want to spend more time with you. Even if we never speak just sitting together and relaxing would be nice. You deserve better parents but can you at least give me the opportunity to be a decent friend?"<br/><br/>"Well that's nice and all but why did you choose Ras? Surely you knew about his power even if he doesn't realize it. I only ask... and question your motives because in my time you were one of the first people to try to replace Azshara. You abandoned Vyre after she completed her goal and tried to be Empress. And you were no better than Azshara, you just didn't live as long. This isn't my time so what you do is of little concern to me, I was just curious after Karren mentioned you." Kitori looked at Ras with a frown then to Sharindia and shook her head. "That's... that's not a fair question. Of course I'm happier than I ever thought possible, but I don't know if I would have been happier dead. That's not something I even know how to begin thinking about." Ras nodded and stood up to look Sharinia in the eyes, though he was taller and larger than her Ras. "Well I'm nothing like your Ras and you're nothing like my Sharindia. So that's a good thing I think. I would be happy to talk to those who don't trust you... everyone except my father, out of respect to Ophidian."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>