Sid only nodded to her assumption that Aeron would grow up well, '[i]hopefully[/i]'. She hoped so, as well. The tragedies of losing parents young often left marks on someone. Everyone under Envy's care had lost family young, sometimes pieces, sometimes all of it, and not always without choice. 
"He did." She answered about his mother. "Alais. She was a great cook. Always had the kitchen running, no one went hungry, and it was worlds better than what I manage." Sid answered remorsefully. "Ruli is a close second, but its hard on all of us to take her place."

As Kire mentioned a desire to ask something, Sid's dark gaze rose to her, her expression full of apprehension. She shook her head when offered coffee, waiting for the question she knew was coming. 
But instead, she asked about Ruli. Sid blinked, surprised she hadn't asked about Envy, himself, or how they all came to be in his care. "Ah." Sid said, pulling another bit of poultry off the skewer and setting it aside. Her eyes lingered on Kire's face for a moment in thought before she focused on her work. 

"That's," She began slowly. "-a complicated question, I think." Sid offered first. "In short, he brought her into our cistern. The 'Tunnels', we called them. In Ziad. Where we all lived. Ruli met [i]her[/i], the woman with your face, and convinced us to trust her. Because he did. He's always been our first line of defense, and because of her..." Sid shrugged one shoulder. "We lost everything. A whole city."

She swallowed thickly, her eyes watering. "Its not as though we don't forgive him. We know it was a mistake, and that he's trying to make amends. But some things you can't erase so easily."