"And you think it was so damn easy for me to walk the only blood family I ever had that was worth mentionin' to a big freakin' vortex to let 'em go somewhere I can't ever see 'em again?" Reno was taking deep breaths. Nice, deep, calming breaths.

"I love you, Rikku. That wasn't a new freakin' development when I told you for the first time." He lifted a shoulder, shook his head, and looked at the ground. "Lied to you about a lot of shit. What I do for a living, who I work for, how bad it gets. But that ain't somethin' I'd lie to you about. I'm fuckin' sick of lyin', zoto."