Draiss looked at Vorela, and then Avi. "And I am not allowed to be scared as well? Fear of failure, of not making the right choice that gets everyone but me killed? I did that once, in that fortress, and for nearly three and a half centuries, I wandered looking for a way to die for that mistake. And I have some of my own children, both by blood and adoption, that will be coming into that same situation. Power isn't going to help raise a child, it will only hinder. Do you..."<br/><br/>He bit back on his tongue, literally biting it to stop the words, before throwing up his hands and sliding free of their grasps, grabbing the shattered rail as if he didn't realize it was stabbing him again. After a moment, he forced himself to relax, and went over the report on why the network drone had malfunctioned so badly as to delete the data it was supposed to protect even if that protection destroyed it.