"Yes, Helios, it did. You, um, you might wish it hadn't, but y-you, you didn't see her, last night. The very thought of you...well, I'm, um, I'm not sure I've ever seen her quite that...happy. She loves you. I, ah...I really think she still does."

Funny, that...in the usual terribly-not-funny way of the world. Helios was the reason Alice had always set Giles' teeth on edge. Of course Helios and Alice would wind up bonding, becoming friends, even falling in love. And Ginia doesn't know a thing about it.

"Well. He isn't here. There's, um, there's that, a-at least."

Helios might feel guilty about expressing any negative sentiment towards his brother. Giles has no such compunctions.