It's a good enough excuse for Xevnas, but not for Daryl? Because that what it seems like.
He was raped, too?
Yeah.
That explains...a lot, actually. What is up with you two and rape?
I needed a good reason for Daryl to be addicted to sex and a jerk, otherwise he'd be a non-sympathetic character. So give him an abusive father, a dead mother, and a child-molesting brother and presto! Instant sympathy. >.>