[SE] Those We Lost

GIDEON

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true

Feeling somewhat guilty about insulting how Luciana might choose to honour their Gods, a proponent himself of everyone having different styles of worship and serving, Gideon tried to make an effort to remind himself to be kinder to the woman for the rest of the conversation. It often felt like they rubbed off each other painfully badly, but he could at least try his best not to follow his instincts and make it worse.

The question she asked made him consider how long it had really been since he'd seen his brother and he blinked in surprise, blowing air out of his cheeks and leaning back on the counter. "...I must have been...in my mid 20s. A long time ago. Definitely over a decade, maybe two now, and then we hadn't seen each other in some years. He...as teenagers, we went very different ways." In his eyes, Jonah had fallen to bad influence and temptation and fallen off his intended path, and Gideon had not been able to rescue him; he still felt the guilt of that.

"Do you have any siblings, Luciana?" He asked, glancing over, wondering if she would understand the odd love and hate between the brothers, even after all this time.

That's why I hold with all I have
That's why I hold