Tested on...just hearing that made him sick. Knowing the things his father and Ponclast had done to humans... Those were images and memories that he would never be rid of. He still had nightmares sometimes.

"I'm sorry. That sounds..." Awful barely even scratched the surface. Had she been har he would have reached out to her, but he didn't know how well she would react. Even so, his arm made an aborted half-movement that way before he could stop himself.

"I'm sorry."