Aldrich Abbott, that was both a surprise and a deeper sting as Kasper came in and stopped at attention before his now superior hands behind his back. The true slap in the face was mentioning Faylin but he didn't react to the hurt inside, "None taken sir, there's always better," he said and his words were heavy because it was a constant reminder that the commoner he was would never rise to the expectation of people like Faylin or like Aldrich, "Sergeant Valana was overseeing a great deal of organization for Nevermere troops, the women warriors their Parabolti seemed accepting enough of our training but the men not so much...their men are like the women of Cambria, they lack respect for women here. I've been handling schedules and inventory, but mostly I've been overseeing the dock rebuild," Kasper finally broke his stance and approached a small corner of the office where he was keeping his work, "By the end of Aestas pending no real set backs it will be complete," he rifled through his belongings and pulled a leather bound stack of parchment, "We will need one more supply shipment from home, I've been working with the Morrigan company to put in a new work order for said supplies," Faylin had taught Kasper organization so his careful detailing was all in the bound parchment (a few misspelled words of course from his unknown learning disability) which he sat before Aldrich, "how...how is Kat? How is my family?" he hadn't heard from them in a few weeks, a little concerning but not unheard of.

Kasper forgot everything prior to the bad news, it was happening again and he suddenly couldn't breath then his legs began to shake as he was about to hit the floor. His face drained of color and words died on his heavy breathing he turned stumbling toward the door as the room began to spin, he burst through the door and made it ten steps before he hit both of his knees and puked...

...where was he going? He didn't know and didn't care about Coheed, his little family was left without someone to care for them and again "Kat was just missing" no big deal! He tried to get up and head toward the construction zone because he as going to get on a boat and row home if he had to but his legs were like lead and he as fighting so hard to not lose it more, "no...no...no," he kept mumbling as his body went numb again causing him to falter again only he fell to one knee this time...

Kasper was numb and his heart hurt, the feeling of knowing his twin was gone was the worst worse than Mina and he loved her just the same but the one person Kasper had always had since birth that was...that was...he didn't care as Aldrich guided him back into the office that tears fell hard down his face or the shaking of his body at the restraint of truly sobbing he didn't care to do it in front of anyone this was raw.

Losing Mina...

...Faylin.

Nothing compared to the loss of his twin... and Kasper let it go as soon as he sat. Head hung. Fists in his lap. Kasper just let it go.

He did stop finally, "I need to go home Sargeant to...to, uh, I got to get to my family my parents are dead as are most of my Uncles and Aunts...me..me..and Kat," his voice broke and more tears fell but he kept on but just on the line, "She's my twin she was..my all and she was a bitch...but she's half of me...," he finally was able to wipe tears away finally able to move, he held his composer a little longer, "We've raised our siblings, we raised almost all twenty some of our cousins...Mina Van Zant was also my sister she was murdered...I have to get to them even if...if just for a few days..."

The highborn could be so cruel, they took advantage or didn't their families. It was a cold slap and it sobered Kasper up enough that he seriously felt slapping Aldrich right in the mouth, "I'll write my family sir," a Delaney? Kasper knew like one personally and he wouldn't trust Grant Delaney with a baby, no he had to get out of this office, "As for the Morrigan question; I'd trust a Morrigan before I would another shipping company, I know Keelan Morrigan, he doesn't fuck around with his business his shipments are either on time or early, never late," he stood finally by force of will, "plus sir the King signed off on all that we don't question the higher ups," the words felt like acid because the truth was if this had been some high born prick he'd be on the first ship home with a royal fucking blow job to boot, "so if the King approves sir we don't have much say," he slowly reached into the pocket of his uniform jacket pulling out a folded pice of parchment, "I would like to request a new partner as well," he offered Aldrich the paper, "Is there anything else sir?"