Fear is all that was on the tiny boy's face as Anankos reached his leather gloved hand to wipe the tears off of the boy's pale face, whilst his sea green eyes produced more. His long beige jacket was hanging on the floor past his feet, indicating his small size. When some of the tears were gone, he pushed the child's pale brown hair out of his face to get a better look at him.
"Is everything going to be alright?" The child asked softly, badly hiding the shakiness in his voice.
"Not quite, but it will be better in the future." The bluenette sadly replied. "There's nothing I can do for your parents." He knew of his dragon form slaughtering half of a village because they wouldn't go quietly and taking the children for servants, including this boy. It was a wonder he was even alive.
"So what will happen now?" The boy asked.
"I'm not sure. Just find a maid named Vronti, she'll explain everything. Ok?" He tried to be as open and kind hearted as he could to make the child feel better before he went off to find the maid. Vronti was one of the most gentle hearted figures in Valla's castle alongside her older sister, Astrapi so it wouldn't be much of an issue. Anankos slid a golden locket over the boy's neck as the boy hugged him.
"What's this for?" He asked, his voice muffled.
"A locket I found on your mother. She wanted to give it to you when you turned eighteen, but since she's gone, I'd figure I'd give it to you." He explained as he opened the locket revealing two pictures. One was taken just recently of the family at a more popular area and the other was taken possibly six months ago of the boy with a girl about three years older than him with a bunch of flowers shaped into a giant wreath. The human dragon knew who this girl was, his daughter. He had no idea how she inherited brown hair as he had pale blue hair and her mom had black hair, though it could be genetic from her mom's side. The tiny boy saw the second picture and smiled a bit.
"Ari-chan." He said quietly. Then, it hit Anankos like a pile of bricks, this boy was his daughter's best friend. He fell silent for a minute and spoke quietly.
"Anthony… I am so sorry."