"They forgave me. Eventually." Percy lifted his head up and smiled ruefully. "It was difficult for them not to after we'd lost so much. We became a much closer family after the war. War.. does that. Makes you realise how precious everything is."
He looked at the tea and biscuits, but didn't think he could get them down yet. "I hope this place is something like a second-chance. I don't know why else we would be brought here. No one seems to be lording themselves over us."