"Don't be," Valdis replied, her tone clear of emotion, "You can't mourn someone you never knew...and she was too weak to survive my world."

There was a catch in his aura, a hitch of some kind of pain that he tried to quell, but couldn't quite manage it. Valdis shrugged at his observation, not allowing herself to rise to the weak bait.

"I never claimed to be a kind or good person," she said, keeping pace with ease, but not watching him for any reaction, "But you aren't a saint either, are you?"

There was a dark edge to Zephyr, one that might be solved if she let her gaze drift to the soul plane, but she refrained. There was no need to violate his privacy due to mere curiosity.