[i] Was that phone already there before? [/i] 

In truth, it didn't matter. Thanking the man across from him, he made headway towards the phone, dialing his father's phone number. 

[i] Ring... [/i]

He wondered how his family was doing, and how they were reacting to the fact that he had been captured.

[i] Ring... [/i]

[i] I wonder how mother is doing? And what about young Annick? How was his dear sister? [/i]

[i] Ring... 

Will father be able to recognize my voice? It's been some time since I went off to study. 

Ring... [/i]

There was no one on the other end. With a sudden click, Rozenn heard his father's voice on the other end.

"Demat Dit! Loic eo ma anv." Another voice chirped in. "Katarin eo ma anv!" It was his step-mother. The last two voices were all too familiar. "Rozenn et Annick eo ma anv!" 

It was the damned answering machine. Despondent, Rozenn realized that nobody would be home at that time. He listened intently to the sound on the other end of the answering machine. For a sound he had heard so many times before, it was almost nostalgic to hear again. As he heard the beep of the answering machine, he recorded his message.

"Salud, Pera. Pell 'zo n'em boa ket gwelet ac'hanout." He said, quietly. "Ne gomprenan ket, hea eo ma archerien. Hea Karout a ran ac'hanout, et Mera, et Annick. Karout a ran ac'hanout gara. Ken ar wech a-"

He cut himself off at the last word. He felt uncomfortable using the Breton words for goodbye. He decided to use the French instead.

"Au revoir," he said hanging up.

The Breton words 'ken are wech all' were the standard form for goodbye, but they had a different meaning than what Rozenn wanted. The Breton was final, unchanging, as if he would never see his father again. Even if he knew it was true, he didn't want to think about it. The French "Au Revoir" meant something different entirely. It came from the verb 'voir', 'to see'. Literally, Au Revoir meant 'I'll see you again.' 

Rozenn didn't want to think that any other outcome was possible.

Slumping over the table that the phone was on, Rozenn started to cry again. He had never been the strongest of men, and everything was slowly starting to break him.