Family Bonds (Part 2)

"I owe you an apology, Kami. I was young and stupid back then. Now I realize how unfair I've been to you but I hope you can find the strength to forgive me. Also, they are *our* parents. No matter what they did, they are still our mother and father." Kaz replied.

"First off, don't call me Kami." She replied with a snarl that the Rys echoed. "Only family can do that and you are no family. Second, Kima and Clefas are *your* parents. I became an orphan once when they disowned me and twice when I disowned them.

"Third, I'm surprised to see you here. I would expect you to try and get whatever you came here for from Zin. I know that you and Clefas always considered her the weak link because of her good heart.

"Yet if you had visited her, she would have told me. What's the matter? Did you finally grow a conscience?"