Lucien did not rush her, giving her the time she needed to gather her thoughts. He was quiet as she finally spoke, glad she was willing to speak now. There had been a part of him that had hoped that his suspicions would not be true.. but he had been proven wrong. Lucien was horrified to hear everything this poor girl had been through. He felt his chest tighten. Many emotions went through him, anger, sadness, sympathy. To have been abandoned by her own blood.. sold to a place like that.. and to have been so brave to agree to stay for the safety of her twin. It was all too much. The closer she came to breaking down the more his heart felt for her. 

Faolan had beaten him to comforting the girl. For a moment, it had surprised him, but how much this had affected him was clear. Despite how unaccustomed he was to this sort of contact with her, he was glad that he had provided her with comfort she needed. He returned the grip that Faolan had on his hand, giving it a squeeze to tell him that he had done the right thing, before moving his free one to gently placed a hand on her back. 

[color=burlywood]"Faolan is right, Illyana.. you did not deserve to go through such pain. No child does. You were so brave to endure that on your own.. but you don't have to do that anymore. We're all here with you.. and I promise we will not let anything happen to you.."[/color] He said to her. 

Aurel, unlike the other two, stayed where he was. Tears had filled his eyes at hearing Illyana's story, but he did not know what to do, or what he could do to help. He had experienced abandonment himself.. but not in this way. He was shocked to hear that she had been sold to a circus. The place they had come from.. in a way was similar.. but to think it would be her own parents that would have left her there.. That they had willingly [i]sold[/i] her to them? Bengal had let out a hiss at the mention of the circus. It was an experience that neither of them had forgotten, and he was honestly glad that Illyana hadn't stayed there. The place might have been different but.. he wouldn't have wanted that for her.