*takes this exactly as you mean it because the last thing you said is burned into his memory* I haven't forgotten. *would sound every bit as blank except that he does feel the need to venture something, albeit haltingly* I didn't mean the things I said. To Ethan. (I love you.)
*casts another long look your way (I know it isn't much) before leaving to look for Aredhel, starting with the bedroom she's been sleeping in these past months*