Alan froze immediately and he said to his father, still feeling embarrassed, "I'm sorry you saw me in this state; it won't happen again."
Nolan smiled and wanted to tease his brother, but his father gave him a warning look and said to Alan, "Everyone has the right to break down... When Nolan almost killed Kelan, he refused to talk to him for months, and he hid every time Kelan came just because he was ashamed of what he had done and was afraid of hurting him again."
Alan gave his brother a quick look. Nolan, who had just been cut off in his tracks, didn't seem pleased that their father was revealing this kind of past to him.
Yet, despite the reproachful look he gave to their father, Dilan continued as if he hadn't noticed anything, "It took me months of patience to get Nolan to accept that it wasn't his fault and that it wouldn't happen again if he could control this new energy."