Of course, Pierce wouldn't tell him that was impossible. David didn't want his kids and never would, and was basically a gold medal winning asshole concerning paternity. But it was still a good goal, because right now that spine-tingling sense of dread, and thus the separation, made all the sense in the world. And Pierce didn't want it to - a part of him wanted to be proved wrong. Not for him, but for Simon too. He could be better than this.
"I understand," he said after Simon spoke up. "And I don't know what seeing these things in the mirror means or what's to come but I do know that overcoming adversity is something to be very proud of. And you can do that, Simon. With Aura, with Billy...with me too."