[He feels his anger rise again at the mention of the risk heartrender children are at, and he tamps down on it, forcing his thoughts away from the rage it brings up.]

Anyone who can hurt a child only needs to look in a mirror to find the kind of monster they're after. [Whether Grisha, heartrender, or Wen. He takes a deep breath and shakes the rest of those thoughts away again.]

Fleeting, you say. Why is that? [He has loved so many and he has loved them hard. Kirigan, he's pretty sure speaks to the romantic variety of which he has very little to contribute, but he knows love. They're all gone now, those he's loved, but the love remains in his heart. He'll keep it there until the day he dies (again.)]