I'm not a kid but I'm still young

"I thought for a long time that I was without family." Remi offered gently. "My father too was not a good man and while he was abusive and negligent, he took no pleasure in it I do not think...which I am not sure the same can be said for yours." He added with a wince. "And so I thought I was simply alone. It has taken my whole life to learn that you can make your own family." Thoughts of Vai and Ashe and Ronin swam behind his eyes making him smile despite the heaviness of the current conversation. "You can do the same too Sam. You are not your past." He added, not as a criticism, but as a nudge towards more hopeful things. With a laugh that surprised himself, the alchemist shrugged. "Perhaps you are right." Though the suggestion that they were not good together, despite the obviousness of it, was hard to hear. Ruffling a hand through his curls where a few feathers had appeared, Remi nodded. "That...sounds right." He admitted slowly, chewing his lip and regarding the floor somewhere beneath Sam's chair. Яemi But now it's happily ever never. I guess now I know better