"For all of us, I hope. When I guided him to bring me to peak for the first time, he became very keen to see if the others could be coaxed so also. It was... a most enjoyable time. The last happy days of our family." He turns away, blinking.

"Forgive me." He shakes his head. "I came to share wine and music with you and here I am speaking of times past and loves lost."