"I wonder why it's that we rarely have what we need when we need it."
From his tone, Raphael could feel just how down Azekiel was regarding the past. Even though it happened long ago, it was still troubling him. Then again, he also understood why that was. The things that happened in his past also troubled him even now. He didn't judge Azekiel.
"I don't think even gods will have an answer to that question."
All three of them had a complicated childhood. Amongst them, only Lia was the one, who knew her birth parents, and even she lost them to tragedy.
"You know Raphael; I was planning to use the Stone of Time to go back in my own time. I wanted to help my mother... I wanted to protect her."
"After that, I was planning to go back to your past to stop you from taking that apple, and then I was to go to Lia's last to save her family. Who knew that the stone was only a one-time use item."