He heard the grass and herb stuffed mattress creak and turned to see Sin sit up.
"That's why you shut me out?" Sin asked. "Because you didn't want me to see...what? That you have fears just like everyone else?"
Again Sin had managed to delve right to the heart of the matter. The unvarnished truth of his words tore at Rein's barely-held-together pride.
"Rein, Raul already knows who you are, so the need for secrecy is over. Why are you afraid to tell your people the truth? You're already their leader. They already look up to you, trust you. Do you think I or anyone else expects you to be faultless? To be a paragon of perfection?"
"If I tell them the truth...yes," he said, once again having trouble speaking around the tight lump in his throat. "I would have to be."
"Why? Help me to
