[It's almost worse than not wanting the child, to want to keep them but not being able to. In this position, no, he truly does not think that she had any choice. It's brutal, but he knows she took the next best choice.]

Yeah, he would have.

[Alejandro watches Lucci for a moment, thoughtful. He can keep a secret, especially on Zevran's behalf. And it makes sense logically; Zevran is an assassin, and having a son to care for makes for some dangerous business.

But still.]

I get what you mean. [Alejandro wants to immediately tell Zevran he should keep the boy, give him his best shot with his father, but he's already barged in here and forced himself into the situation.]

I won't tell anyone about Lucci. But if you need a hand, I'm here. No pun intended. I'm not unfamiliar with, uh, this kind of thing.

Especially since it looks like you could stand to hibernate for a few days.