She has no reason - in fact, I had thought we had parted on amicable terms - but I suppose she has all the rights in this case. She raised him, after all, I was never even given a chance.

[If Rhys finds the arm patting odd, he doesn't show it - indeed, he seems to find it comforting, exactly as it's intended, and he smiles faintly at Murdoc.] It's all right. Truly. Perhaps if we could agree to leave that whole incident in the past?