That was dark, even for Cora. Linden's family was always a subject that he never brought up unless the Mentor brought it up. Being Avoxed and held as an example was always a traumatic event for anyone who tuned in or watched the news. More so when it was a Mentor's parents. Leo makes no remark or folly of this and merely focused his energy onto the alcohol.

"Two glasses and filthy poetry, it's a fair trade for enabling your vice and your creative tendencies," Leo argued with a degree of playful finality. "You could have gone sober but then you would've found other ways."