Basil held up his hands in surrender, "Look, I'm [i]really[/i] sorry for forgetting to meet up with you. It wasn't on purpose, I swear."

	Leith sighed, rubbing one hand down the length of his face. He then flopped back heavily into his chair, and mumbled, "I'm a failure as a parent." 
	
	"What?" Basil asked, cocking his head to the side as he turned from Raider and back to Leith, who looked as if he was genuinely devastated.