"Even if that's the case, I still don't want to miss her birthday." He might even do something special to mark the day even if she isn't here. Stolas is more willing to celebrate his absent daughter's birthday than his own. That's just how much he loves her more than himself.

"Is it bad that I wish my dear Via was here? Then I could continue teaching her the magic she needs to know in case something were to ever happen to me." The idea that something might happen doesn't even seem to bother him in the slightest. He just...wants his daughter.

"What about you? Any children of your own?"