"Do not misunderstand me -- I loved my father." Oh, more than she can comprehend. "It was not returned. I think... I think he blamed me... in a sense... for my mother's death. He thought my birth weakened her somehow. Weakened the whole of our bloodline. He never tired of reminding me of my own weaknesses. But my mother... he loved her. I can remember them together, though I was but five years of age when she passed on." He sighs. "She loved the sea..."

The Prince turns to Steph. "I talk too much. I am sorry."