Aramis, too, looks stricken by the full force of Lito's grief, and he rounds the counter, laying a hand on his shoulder. "That is terrible," he says, and even if he knows that he would always choose Porthos now, he can remember very well the choice to leave him for the Church, believing himself bound to it, the agony of taking those first steps away from him towards Douai.

"Are you certain you wish to start it all again?" he asks Lito.