Yeah, no. He was already dealing with that, and with knowing his father needed him and he was stuck here. He was already dealing with the people he knew being halfway to strangers, and broken by the time in-between and their loyalty to him. Their faith in him. Being shut out meant that he couldn't even ask about the others. But.

He could deal with that.

He was an adult, after all.

He could definitely put on a shit-eating an innocent smile to tease his Clarus.

(Still his.)

"Iris. Do you think she'll grow up to as much of a flirt as her brother?"

But even with the tease, Regis bumped his elbow against Clarus's. "I can't wait to get to know them."