[ Miles lets one last thin wail of betrayal go up over their link before sighing, and turning to meet his father. (As if he'd planned to do any less, really. This is his mess to clean up, and not Gregor's.)
He opens the door cautiously, holding it for Gregor behind him. But he ultimately doesn't wait before the Emperor enters to get started. (Belatedly, he realizes that his forearm is still bruised from the encounter - Aral might even have felt some small portion of it with their pain-sharing plan - and turns to keep it on the opposite side from his father. ]
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He opens the door cautiously, holding it for Gregor behind him. But he ultimately doesn't wait before the Emperor enters to get started. (Belatedly, he realizes that his forearm is still bruised from the encounter - Aral might even have felt some small portion of it with their pain-sharing plan - and turns to keep it on the opposite side from his father. ]
To start out with - everyone's all right.
[ Clearly the most comforting opening. ]