Ella and Elsie looked at Lirian with dazed expressions, as they struggled with the question that had been posed to them.
One corner of their minds shouted that their parent's lives were the most important priority to them, but, another voice drowned out all their other thoughts.
It was like Lirian's life was their life, if he died then they'd lose a fundamental part of their existences, they couldn't explain it but they found themselves incapable of imagining Lirian's death.
But despite that feeling the girls remained torn on their decision, the more they thought about it the more impossible it seemed.
The girls started to cry a rivulet of tears, that streaked across their faces, "I-I-I-I, please don't hurt our parents," Elsie sobbed loudly, and a second later her elder sister said something along similar lines.