[ dani shakes his head. ]

No. It would have been a threat to them. They saw an opportunity and they took it. Why bow to you when they could sit the throne themselves?

[ he reaches to take lexi's hand again. he can hear the tension, the upset in his voice. it's lacking his usual confidence and lustre, it's fearful and it's real. and it's full of grief. ]

You did what you had to do. You survived.

What was it that you said to me, about survivor's guilt?