[ Helios pauses at the question. Family. It was a strange thing to realize that what he felt for his family was probably not the normal case for most people. No family was perfect, but with someone like Nero within your family...it made perceptions a bit skewed. He'll blink back tears pushing away the harder and darker parts and focusing more on something happier and warmer. Days when he wasn't cowering in the corner of a darkened room, waiting for the blows to occur or the knife to come slicing in. He doesn't think about those things, but others. Like Christmas or cooking with his mother. ] Feelings towards family. It's...complicated, but also a uniform sort of feeling. Family is...there when you need them to be. You share a sort of feeling and bond with your family that-that no other person alive could possibly make you feel. They're your blood and you are theirs. Family makes you feel...accepted, proud, unafraid of things that you might think impossible to overcome. They h-help keep you level and-and in someways they sometimes urge you on to do things you love.

[ A small sigh. It sounds a bit forlorn and pained as he continues. ] The person you want to spend your life with is something like that too. But...they know on a different level, a-a different understanding and relationship. And then they become a part of your new family. And from there you can teach, share, and try to make that feeling blossom anew with them.

And it's...quite alright. You haven't troubled me.