He continued to listen even after Nida sat down. And his eyes opened up a little more in silent shock as he heard about the details of what went on. And it hurt him even further as his husband went on, saying he'd allow his death if the world wished it to be so. It made his heart ache all over again and wish there was something he could do to alleviate the pain and sorrow and grief.

He couldn't remember feeling so helpless in this world.

Listen until the end he did and then his brain started working. "And who precisely is this Seb person? He wasn't your lover I take it?"

All of these answers just led to more questions and he kept wondering why he wasn't told this before. It wouldn't matter of course but he couldn't help but wonder why.