Felix kicked a pebble along as he walked. "I just didn't want the responsibility or to be shipped off to the capital or something like that... I've always been able to get away with... Not the bare minimum, but doing just enough that nobody else got hurt... Take the fall so someone else can be the hero, act like I'm not as good a swordsman as I really am... Hell, I thought that being an orphan and bit of a pickpocket as a kid, that would disqualify me from an actual rank... Guess that didn't pan out... But I'll live. You've got so much more to worry about, don't you?" He stopped for a moment.

"... All this stuff. What Old Man Emmerich told you about..." Felix was sure not to mention it by name, as not to alert anyone. "It's scary, and it's life changing, and it's not fair to you. But it doesn't change who you are. You're the same person you were yesterday. You're not going to suddenly change because you know who your real father is. Kate. You're still the same be..." He hesitated, looking down at his feet. "You're still the same kind person you've always been. You're still going to be that person. You don't have to discover who you are, because you already know that." He told her.