He doesn't anticipate the sudden shift in Kell's demeanor, quiet solemnity unfolding to release an inner fire — but it doesn't surprise him either. Helplessness and rage are so intimately intertwined. Now Wilhelm watches him with sympathetic eyes.

He may not know Kell very well, but he knows what it's like to love a brother so deeply. He can imagine all the what ifs spinning through the other's head. What if he could have done things differently? What if the last words he ever got to say to Rhy were thrown in anger?

"It's an emergency," Wilhelm presses.

Though, he's not sure that excuse will fly with anyone else.