"I'm fine," Ren said sadly.
"You always say that, even after being badly injured," said Alen, reminding Ren of his broken wing.
"Okay, I'll try to be honest when I'm... not okay."
Alen nodded his head with a relieved smile. He rubbed the top of Ren's head gently. "I love you."
"I love you too."
***
A woman with short hair entered Ozi's house unhindered by guards. He smiled broadly after opening Ozi's study. "Good afternoon, Ozi! Do you remember me?"
"Fay? My cousin, who didn't want anything to do with my family after I was born?" Ozi asked with a sinister smile. He still remembers how his father was kicked out of his uncle's house when he was seven years old. At that time, his mother's condition was starting to become unwell, but his uncle's family kept expelling his family because they did not want to contract the disease.
