[Darin wouldn't really get upset if Zelda had fought him on his insistence that he's the reason for his brother's death. He'd heard much the same from both Acteon and Kessler; two men he held in the highest regard.]
[But the fact remains that the events of that night are forever burned into his memory and the lone scar across his back will forever mark that night. Darin was a notorious crybaby as a child; always hiding behind his twin brother who was the more vocal of the two. That night, when they were attacked, Darin was supposed to be the first to be cut down.]
[But he ran and Dromas had stood between him and his assailant. The blade passed clean through and tore through Darin's back. Then, his father fell. And Darin hid under his fallen body, pretending to be dead, holding in his cries until their assailants left.]
[If Darin were braver, Darin would have been the one cut down first. Dromas would have survived, probably. And then...maybe all of the things happening bak home wouldn't be happening.]
[He's about to tie off the bandage when Zelda explains the source of the phantoms and that makes his gaze snap up incredulously.]
Y...You mean...
You mean Dromas wasn't— [He has to pause and physically swallow the lump forming in his throat.]
CW: Death/Trauma/Survivor's Guilt
[But the fact remains that the events of that night are forever burned into his memory and the lone scar across his back will forever mark that night. Darin was a notorious crybaby as a child; always hiding behind his twin brother who was the more vocal of the two. That night, when they were attacked, Darin was supposed to be the first to be cut down.]
[But he ran and Dromas had stood between him and his assailant. The blade passed clean through and tore through Darin's back. Then, his father fell. And Darin hid under his fallen body, pretending to be dead, holding in his cries until their assailants left.]
[If Darin were braver, Darin would have been the one cut down first. Dromas would have survived, probably. And then...maybe all of the things happening bak home wouldn't be happening.]
[He's about to tie off the bandage when Zelda explains the source of the phantoms and that makes his gaze snap up incredulously.]
Y...You mean...
You mean Dromas wasn't— [He has to pause and physically swallow the lump forming in his throat.]
...It wasn't really him?