"You are something, boy, you made her your girlfriend and didn't bring her back home when you knew your mother was looking forward to seeing you mated. As the only son in the family, you should know better."
Gilbert had been adopted by the Rodrigos without any hesitation because they had only daughters, and when they found a helpless five-year-old after the flood, they took him in without a second thought and made him their own. Though the Elder was scolding him, it wasn't because she saw him as someone who had been adopted, but as a boy they had raised as their own and who needed to always remember his responsibilities.
