Will features get serious, almost hard and something unnerving shifts in his eyes showing some degree of his true age. They were dark and old the sort of eyes that have seen centuries and all that time entails. "Nong," he states clearly, in a low voice.

"I am older than everyone in this hotel combined. You think I don't know monsters? You're hardly the worst of anything. If you were, you wouldn't be here drunk and sad about it. Monsters, real monsters, don't care."

And just like that, he gathered Kim into his arms. He pulled him close and kissed his hair over and over. "All that made you who you are and that's who I love, Kim. Riley, too. Shouldn't you let use decide if you're worthy of that or not?"