Silas straightens his spine in front of Steele looking more powerful than he has in a long time, he has done so many wrongs in his life, he is so far from perfect that he can’t even see that line to strive toward, on the horizon. He has a bucket load of regrets, but one thing he is completely sure about is Steele had no chance of survival if Silas was in his life. Absence was the ultimate protection as harsh as that reality is.
"You have seen enough of the genesis pack and Ezekiel and Easton to know it was never as simple as claiming you or coming into your life, even once you had come of age, even though you are strong I didn’t think you had what it takes to take them on, you needed to want it as badly as you did, there would’ve been nothing so confrontational, they would’ve found a way
