"War is never pretty, and even as children we knew that something awful was going on."
Preemptively the Verraad Clan attacked the Woest clan under Daxton's orders. He had convinced his people that joining the Dramid Alliance was a path to oppression and ruin.
"Our father was gone for an entire two months without us seeing him again after that. And when he came back, I'll never forget the despair in his eyes." Kaiden said, his hands clenched together so tightly that his knuckles had turned white.
It was obvious that recounting the fall of his clan was difficult.
Kasandra likewise was paler than normal. She was having to lay bare all of her past trauma.
"Okay, I think that I've got enough of an understanding. You don't have to relive the entire war."
Avery just wanted to know who the people after the two of them were, and what their motives were.