"I didn't want that!" Iestyn protested. "I didn't want any of it!" He didn't want to talk about it, didn't want to think about it, wanted to lock it all away in a small dark box and bury it down deep where it couldn't hurt him.
"Of course you didn't. Nobody blames you for anything," David said softly. "But Aderyn feels pain for you too. We all love you, no matter what."
Iestyn shot him a look of such disbelief that his heart clenched for him.