Before General Aquila could speak up, Raven rushed to his Father Aqi's defence. Raven was still held up in the air like a small child by General Aqi. Actually, since General Aqi was a really big man – the scene wasn't too strange. It was quite harmonious, actually, like a worried father holding up his young son to check him for injuries.
"Father Aqi raised me for two years, until he was lost at sea," Raven said quietly, his rainbow eyes steady as he looked at Head Sage Yue. "Until I met Papa, he was the only father I have ever known. Father Aqi was, and remains, and will always be my first father."
Head Sage Yue stared at Raven, stunned to the core. But there was nothing he could do to refute that. Regret washed over him again, and he wished he could turn back time and return to the past to fix his own stupid mistakes.
