am I amusing yet?

"Of course."

Bolaire came to the funeral despite everything Thjazi has done to him. He loves Halandil and his children more than he hates his tormentor; his love for them is stronger than his pride.

Occtis was the person that, as far as Julien is aware, the rest of his family were interested in. It was because he (Occtis) was in potential danger from his family that Aranessa and his father asked Julien to find him, which Julien did so, and it was Julien who brought Occtis back to the Palazzo Davinos. And clearly Lord Raimond and Lady Aranessa's suspicions of danger to Occtis were right, because the Tachonis followed him there, and proceeded to slaughter him and everyone else in the house that thought to shelter him. With Julien himself watching Primus Tachonis quickly, efficiently, and brutally murder his father before following up with casting a Circle of Death that killed many people on the ground floor of the Palazzo, all while saying he wished House Davinos no ill will. All this death, apparently brought on by House Tachonis's pursuit of Occtis, and Julien bringing that pursuit to his home.

Now he's just learned not only was this friend once a weapon that killed a god. Not only was he working shady deals with his brother who was blackmailing him, but also this isn't just a devoted friendship. This person, who he has known for years has just told him that his art and his children and HE are the only things that matter to him.

Like: surprise the man you have coffee with weekly is a sentient weapon and you're the only thing in the world that gives his life meaning.