"I know," Mathias says, and he does. There aren't many people he trusts with any sort of information, let alone very personal information such as how much he misses his brother and how guilty he still feels about all their deaths. He knows, though, that he if ever needs to, he can tell Veronica. He isn't much of a talker, but he doesn't ever mind telling her anything.

"It means very much," he adds. "The only other person I ever would have told everything to was Henrich."