She smiled a little. That had been all she wanted, to be honest: a Billy that would try to preserve the things that Renne had started. She had seen it with her own eyes, and didn't want Stacy to take that away by making them lose Renne.

She took it tenderly. "You're my Bonded Billy. You know the answer to that. I can hold a grudge to people who betray me long: they violate my trust, and that's a slap in the face. But you, you're my brother. All I want is for you to be strong enough to get through all of this. I care about you."