User blog comment:KaiserLos24/The Origin of Nocturne: A Nightmare Born out of Murder/@comment-24211141-20140215122447/@comment-12049719-20140215135702

He is not crying. He is /weeping/ o^o which is kinda different. And that whole event of witnessing his father's death's purpose is to strengthen his resolve and make him stronger because he's gonna have to be the next Eye of Twilight.