Zafkiel: Haven't you ever been glad, even for a moment, that your family was there? Mikael: No. And the feeling was mutual. Zafkiel: Not even when you were little? Mikael: ... Zafkiel: Even once?

Mikael:	Things that you might wish to remember from your childhood tend to get lost amidst the things you wish you could forget that came after.
Zafkiel:	I know that. Believe me, I know. But... if I could believe, even for a second, that Kael might want to make up for all the wrongs he did me...