But Dhanneth. Gonou's hand hesitates briefly in his hair. He knows it's unfair to hate Dhanneth a little for everything he'd done to hurt Jedao, both physically and otherwise: he hadn't had a choice in most of it.

But he could have chosen not to hate and be disgusted by someone who was also Kujen's victim, and who'd been -- what, seventeen, eighteen at the most.

He sighs out a long breath, easing back into the soft petting of Jedao's hair.

"If you want it to be, for them, like they never met Kujen... I think you should include Dhanneth."