Ariadne couldn't fight the small sob that broke out of her, and she tilted her head toward him, letting her hair hide her face as his heart beat under her palm. Her own heart broke for him, her monstrous brother used as a weapon all his life. She wanted to apologise again, but held it back. "I wish our lives had been different, back then," she said through her tears, slowly lifting her head to face him again. "But what a strange miracle that we have now. That I can see you in the sunlight, no walls, no shadows, just us."