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Lucid followed the barely visible trail through the rest of the mountains rather easily, not bothering to check and see his kids were following. If they really wanted the answers they were looking for, they'd follow. Stepping into the tall grass that made up a portion of the Plains and surrounded the castle, he headed toward home. Upon reaching the huge double doors, he slid one open, then stepped back.
"This is the Haven." he said, motioning them inside.

Lucid paused, turning to look at the boy.. Even though the kid was speaking to him in a polite manner, Lucid knew that it was only surface polish. The kid was good at showing no fear, but in Lucid's opinion, true fear came from the coldest of stares.
"If you were really disturbing me, I would have let those men play with you and threw up a shield around my home so that you could not enter." he said simply. "I did not, however, because I would never shut my own children out of my home." He turned then, moving along the corridor toward the pale glow of neon light.

Lucid swam through his own thoughts for a moment, trying to decide where to start. In situations like these, he thought it was best to start at the beginning.
"I fell in love with your mother the very first time I saw her. It was at a party, or gathering, as we used to call them. I was a recluse even then, and your mother was my polar opposite. She sought me out, made me dance with her on the balcony where I'd been hiding. It was the best time I think I ever had at any of those gatherings." he said, pulling a goblet from the shelf with magic and pouring himself some of the bloodwyne. "That started our relationship. It was wonderful, untill she met that man. Delantour." He didn't say the name with any sort of anger or disgust, for he didn't feel any. He didn't hold a grudge for very long. He had not the time for such things. "It was love at first sight for her and him alike. She had only just told me she was pregnant with twins when they first met. I knew she was gone from me the moment she introduced him to me. He was a high lord too, she told me. The only difference between us was that I didn't live on my family's name and fortune, and he did. That made him more popular. Probably not her reasons for leaving me for him, but it may have helped. She stayed with me until you were both born, because I made her. I nursed her though the entire pregnancy and birthing, giving her my blood when she needed. I never stopped loving her, even though I knew that she didn't love me in return. But then, after you were born, she left, and took both of you with her." He sipped his drink as he told the story, remembering it as clearly as if it had been only yesterday. He'd taken in Seth that same summer, using the kid as a sort of distraction from the pain. Arjay had also come to him that summer, and that had been help, too. "I tried to come around, be part of your lives, but Delantour only made both your mother and I feel like s**t and eventually forbade me to come around. He claimed that I was only making things harder between them and it would cause you children stress. I thought it was best, at the time, to simply leave all of you alone. So I came here, and hunted criminals for a living. I wrote letters, but they never got answered." he said, then shrugged. "Now I see why. Fire can't write me back and tell me that my letter tasted good."