"You're right. She shouldn't have been involved in any way," Hurman sighed.
Reuben finally turned his tear-stained face toward the Practor Patriarch. "Then why–"
"That's just the world we live in, Reuben. You can't blame the circumstances. You can't blame others. You don't even need to blame yourself, if you don't want to. But if you do blame yourself, then get stronger. That's how the world of Dominus thrives and falls, by the overwhelming power of the victors and the declining power of the defeated," Hurman stated, staring straight into Reuben's eyes.
"As a patriarch, you aren't like everyone else. You aren't like common folks. Even if that person is stronger perennial or even a king, they won't understand what you need to go through without carrying such a burden themselves."
