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Usually, this is your cue to step in, apologize, and smooth things over. But today…maybe it's curiosity, maybe you want to see how Silvanus handles himself. Abandoning your family in a situation like that…bonds of blood should be tighter than that. He might call himself a nobleman, but what he did was far from noble. Bregan says about the same, though with notably less eloquence.

"I deserve all your words and then some, Bregan. I am truly ashamed, and I am truly weak. How did I not realize this until now? I…" Silvanus's words trail off, grief and uncertainty for his future read plainly across his features. You're sympathetic, even if the two of you grew up in very different worlds.

And so you couldn't let him depress himself further. Having a plan means having some hope, and luckily, you're a natural planner. What advice do you offer Silvanus?