"I don't know any Kain."
"Laphate?"
"And I certainly don't have a son.
He….he…..….walked out on me."
"You sure you're remembering right?"
"You accusing me of walking out on my own Son? Wherever he is, he needs to know that that is not the truth. I would never abandon him."
"Tell me. If he were to walk in here, would you recognize him?"
"Of course I would. I'm his father."
"But you just said that…"
"DON'T TALK BACK TO ME, BOY!!!
*Tish*
You act as if I don't know anything I am talking about, but I am the adult….
I…AM… THE ADULT....not you."
"Then act like one."
".......You little…."
"Be the Adult this Kingdom needs.
After all, Kids can't possibly understand the toll that responsibilities take on a human body."
"Wait, what are you doing? What are you..….you put that down right now. I need that."
"Adults and Kids feel the same when it comes to friends leaving you. The only difference...When we're kids and have a broken heart; our parents force us to make up or find a new group. You're young. Your anger will wash off.
But now…..Their is no one holding your hand, making sure when your friends leave you, you still have someone in your corner."
"Who?"
"...Me."
"But I don't even know you. I….
*Buurrrp*
…..This Father you speak of could not have.....no. You're too precious too…."
"Old man, I don't know what he was thinking at that time, nor did I have the time to ask. I never saw him again from that day. We had to talk through the basis of a middleman."
"So he never told you why?"
"I still don't know.
You know something though? People used to say I acted just like him. Now..."
"Now?"
"I can't even see his face in a mirror no matter how hard I try."
"Sorry."
"Don't say sorry to me. Mistakes…..are mistakes. How you react to them is what you always told me."
"Me?"
"My Father left me, I left him, and now his friends have also left.....feels he even left himself."
"But you said you came back."
"I did.
Hoping that he would also come back."
"And did he? What did he say?"
"I didn't recognize him so I couldn't tell you."
"Oh. I..."
"He stopped being."
"Stopped being?"
"Didn't feel like anybody needed him anymore. But…..
*Shing...…..shing...shing*
"Close those windows, Kid. I'm trying to sleep."
"No. You're trying to hide, and I'm not going to allow that."
"Why are you helping me? I.....I….You know what I did. Everybody left me because of it. So why are you...….Kain?
Is that really you?"
"In the flesh, walking and breathing."
"Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Come over here and give me a hug. Let me feel it's real."
"Oh, Dad. I…."
*Oof*
"I love you too."
"Dad, wait; what are you…"
*Stick*
"Huuuu?
Dad..…what are you doing? Why'd you…."
"You're right, Son. You do act like me, but since you haven't been; I can only assume that you are dropping off the deep end like me."
"Dad. I…"
*Shing…..shing…*
"Woo….Hey, it's me. Stop swinging that bottle like you did last time. I'm still bleeding from the last time you…."
*Phueeem*
"KAIN?"
"Errrraaaggggggg!!!
Get off me, Laphate. Get off of…."
"I can't let you leave this Castle. I can't let you go down the same road that I have. I…."
*Shink*
"Huuuu?"
"Kain, I heard a scream. Are you...What did you do?"
"Thanks for the Sabre tooth. Now help me get him off of me."
"Did…did...…is he dead?"