Darryn would ave felt his son get heavier in his arms. He knew where this conversation was going an he didn't like it. Of course, he wasn't one to exercise avoidance. If something needed to be said, it needed to be said, but like his fathers attitude to certain things, he didn't have to like it.

"I know it's okay to be sad, dad." He reassured his father. He did indeed know that, but he would rather be happy. His partner was going to die one day, that would not be a happy time. When he had chosen to spend a part of his life with Risen, he had hoped the two of them could determine the beginning and end, without things like death coming into it.