And that long speech, actually keeps Damian from mouthing off.

"I'm sorry." The words are low, he can tell he's talking to someone who's lost people close to him. Damian's lost people too, probably not as close, but they were blood. And because of the sides his parents are on, he can't be with his mother anymore, so she may as well be gone too.

He looks at the floor, not sure what else to say.