[Dhaos takes a seat at the table as well.]

...Love is not a matter of "should" or "should not"; it simply is. What form that love has taken does not matter either... Simply that the more deeply you loved them, the more painful it is when they are no longer with you.

[His smile is far too sad to truly be of any comfort; merely a reminder that Duke is not the only one who knows the pain of losing a loved one firsthand.]