Nay, I do! I know I've wronged--[ Realizing he may be speaking a little too loudly, Hadlir lowers his tone to a near whisper. ]

T'was my silence that wronged you, April. You were in need of an explanation and yet I refused to even seek your audience after that event transpired.

[ He looks a tad uncomfortable now about speaking of this, but he's forcing himself to do so. ]

I hadn't thanked you for that day, April. Had I been strong enough in will, you would've never heard such harsh lies from that shadow of mine.