Two decades later.
"Zera is something wrong?" Cain asked, concerned, his daughter had been unusually quiet during as they sat for their dinner her normally vibrant and bubbly personality seeming subdued
She shrunk on herself in a way that was practically unnatural for her, before she seemed to gather up some inner wellspring of courage and asked in a whisper
"Papa...How do you know if you Love someone, you know like you and Mama Emeli have?" her face practically crimson.
Cain almost then and there made to interrogate her on who had caught her attention, but paused and considered, then decided to answer her question first, wondering how to dodge around his and Emeli's "relationship"
"When you look at that person, do you want them to succeed, even if it means you may be left behind...even if it means sometimes trading your dreams for theirs. But at the same time, they need to feel the same towards you, and be willing to do the same in return.", chewing his lip for a moment "being with them has to consistently feel better then being alone, and you both have to feel like you are better for having the other"
He paused, looking over her as he finished, then asked
"Can you tell me about them?"
Zerayah sunk in her chair, before she began to talk quickly and breathlessly
"He's nice, I met him while practicing Sorcery with Uncle Jurgen and Mister Jafar. He really believes in mankind just like you and he's so bright and grand...I feel so small compared to him but he makes me feel like the Galaxy can be better and..."
Cain gave a polite cough interupting her, "does he have a name?"
Zerayah Cain smiled, "he has many, but he told me to call him Neoth"
The Chronicles of Ciaphas Cain, Father in law to the Emperor