One month... He hadn't expected to see her again, and they had not been close by any means, but being robbed of a meeting by something like that, by only a month... And it's good to hear that Killian still has family, even on the same continent, but they seem to be as far away as possible while staying in the same country, from what it sounds like, and with no inclination to come. He almost asks why, but then remembers what Killian mentioned about financial trouble being the reason for him having been born in the States. They might simply not be able to do necessary but sudden trips like that.
He shakes his head lightly to get rush of a sudden urge to tell Killian that he understands - it feels like it, somehow, but he really doesn't, both his parents are alive and well and this is such a mess (he hopes that his father will have the decency to apologize, and his mother with him, he's not sure what will happen otherwise - it has been years, maybe decades, since they last fought, and it might just happen again if he doesn't).
"Catherine was a good woman." Just like his father was a good man. He won't tell Killian to not hold against her the lie that she let him grow up with, because it is something too big to easily leave behind; but he won't let his own frustration with it color any word that he says about her parents, or at least attempt it. He's a honest man, but he also knows when to hold back, at least when he feels that he should.
He'll have to bring it up with Killian before he meets them, what his grandparents and their families did that, most likely, was the cause for the split of his parents - it's a guess, but one that he has a good reason to venture. But not now, and not before reading the letters.
"Does she rest in Locke?" His own family isn't far enough into the settling process yet to have graves in America - Thorir's grandparents were transported back to Iceland to be buried there. But with Killian being born here, and finances probably sparse - he hopes that Killian will tell him if he had to take out a loan for that; he'd gladly help with that, and he is sure that his wife will think so as well. Catherine... he tries to remember her face, but it is a bit vague. Short and lively and just so perfectly perfect for Hjalti back when they met...
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He shakes his head lightly to get rush of a sudden urge to tell Killian that he understands - it feels like it, somehow, but he really doesn't, both his parents are alive and well and this is such a mess (he hopes that his father will have the decency to apologize, and his mother with him, he's not sure what will happen otherwise - it has been years, maybe decades, since they last fought, and it might just happen again if he doesn't).
"Catherine was a good woman." Just like his father was a good man. He won't tell Killian to not hold against her the lie that she let him grow up with, because it is something too big to easily leave behind; but he won't let his own frustration with it color any word that he says about her parents, or at least attempt it. He's a honest man, but he also knows when to hold back, at least when he feels that he should.
He'll have to bring it up with Killian before he meets them, what his grandparents and their families did that, most likely, was the cause for the split of his parents - it's a guess, but one that he has a good reason to venture. But not now, and not before reading the letters.
"Does she rest in Locke?" His own family isn't far enough into the settling process yet to have graves in America - Thorir's grandparents were transported back to Iceland to be buried there. But with Killian being born here, and finances probably sparse - he hopes that Killian will tell him if he had to take out a loan for that; he'd gladly help with that, and he is sure that his wife will think so as well. Catherine... he tries to remember her face, but it is a bit vague. Short and lively and just so perfectly perfect for Hjalti back when they met...