Regan drew back, letting her hands drop to his elbows. "He said you might be lonely here," she explained as her eyes swept the room. "How can you not be?" The place just felt so painfully empty, anyone might lose their mind. "So you got me. Your father couldn't have picked better company for you, if I do say so myself," she added airily with a preening grin. The same grin faded into a warm smile as Regan fixed a studying gaze on him and sighed. "It's been too long, Pietro."