[ not a one of them is ever good at admitting when things are not entirely okay with themselves, so of course it comes as no surprise that he has not told krile - why would he? alisaie certainly wouldn't have been so straightforward about her own injury were it not immediately obvious and all but impossible to hide. ]

He was not.. untouched by the same violence which gifted me this injury. Few were. The details of it are his alone to tell, but the city-states were quite recently in upheaval. Hostages were taken, and while the dust has now settled, few enough of us came out of it unscathed.

[ but pry as krile might for details on alphinaud, alisaie shall not budge; those are his secrets to keep or tell and his alone, much as she might enjoy tormenting her brother, there is a limit. ]