[Nahyuta loosens his hold on Apollo as he pulls away from his shoulder. Though his expression is distant, inscrutable, it does hurt -- more than it ordinarily would, even -- to hear that Apollo had tried to forget about him. But it isn't so surprising, not when Apollo was sent away with no explanation when he was still so young.]

You showed up when you were most needed. Had you arrived sooner... You saw what Ga'ran did to our family.

[Ga'ran would probably have used Apollo as a way to blackmail Dhurke, if she learned who he was. And if that failed, he'd be imprisoned, tortured, or worse, executed on the spot to teach Dhurke a lesson and keep Nahyuta in his place. What would that have accomplished?]

All those years, one thing that gave me joy was to know you were safe from the reach of tyranny. Father wished that for you, above anything.