The words were blunt but he had no doubt they were meant honestly and not as an insult. Thus he had no intentions of ignoring the question. Granted the question hit home a bit closer then he would have liked to admit openly to anyone. Yet the person asking deserved his answer.

“Yes, Lady Dusk. It is as you have figured.” Lance smiled and held his arms wide. The carefully placed mask of an Ishgardian upper class man. “You have seen right through me as you usually have the knack for doing. I will just have to be more careful around you.”

It was meant at least partly in jest. He rather liked the men and women his cousin called family. Even if he couldn’t understand the current situation he was not privy to as an outsider. He crossed his arms over his chest an shrugged, the smile becoming a more solemn look. “I am afraid to be alone. I will admit it. I have made it through everything thus far because I have never been truly alone. I would much prefer to keep it that way though. I’d prefer though if you keep this between you and I, Lady Dusk. I do not relish the idea of everyone knowing such a silly fear.”

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