Chapter 14 Drunkard's Confidences

• Hafid remained silent for a few minutes, lost in thought. Silvia, too, said nothing, lost in her own thoughts.
• "I imagine you think I'm a wreck of a man, don't you?" he said.
• "Don't imagine anything," she replied. "I'm not thinking about any of that. So you lived through a tragedy, but that's all in the past. You went far away seeking relief. And when are you coming back? What's the first thing you'll do? Dive back into reliving the events that hurt you so much?"