[ serge has things waiting for him on the battour estate. he has angeline, and god willing, he has claude as well. it’s been years since he’s been back there, now, and he doesn’t know how much it’s all changed.

still, the passion of those words don’t miss him entirely. ]

You sound too clever for that.

[ he acknowledges, with a little smile. ]

My parents ran away to be together, and my father died before he could regret his choices. I don’t know if he even would have. [ in lieu of his own father, however— ] I guess you don’t regret it at all.