[Faustino’s reaction, vicious and cornered and- not proud, not entirely, but stubborn- is of no surprise. The whole story of what the three of them have gone through isn’t something he knows. All he has is what he’s been able to gleam from simply having been their caretaker for so many years, and what the much more loose-lipped Al. Even that was abridged, shortened, their secrets theirs alone. With that in mind… he understands Faustino’s feelings.]

[Seeing this will devastate them.]

[Yet even as he understands, as he removes the restraints on his legs, he shakes his head.]

You went into this alone…. And now look at the situation. They’ve already found out about this. It’ll hurt like hell, but better with it all at once, instead of tearing at the wound later again.

Let other people be there for you, Faustino.