"From what I've heard. It was no one's fault. Only those bastards who took you are to blame for what happened. You were both children, as brave as you want to be about it. It's gonna' hurt you both like hell, but it doesn't mean you stop loving each other, 'kay? I've seen a lot of kids whose families have been torn apart by raiders and war. People try their best, but sometimes the bad guys win, Gray. You can't let them win again by blaming yourself or Dominic. You both did what you could." She blinked hard.
Some of this was hitting very close to home. She'd not been able to stop her parents from being killed, and had always blamed herself for it.