[ He's doing his best to show her no ounce of affection and she can tell, keeping his voice steady like he'd pre-planned this entire conversation before he got here. No emotion meant nothing she could toy with, nothing she could get under and manipulate in her favor. For once, she didn't think she really deserved this. She draws her legs away, tucking them instead against her chest, increasing the rift between the two of them just like he wanted.
Especially now that his question is asked. It wasn't about what happened between them after their father abandoned her in the Fire Nation, it wasn't about the facility he put her in-- nothing that mattered. Just their mother. A woman that didn't want them, in the end. ]
Does it matter? [ Don't make her relive that moment. ] She is alive and well and back at your side, like you've always wanted. That should be enough.
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Especially now that his question is asked. It wasn't about what happened between them after their father abandoned her in the Fire Nation, it wasn't about the facility he put her in-- nothing that mattered. Just their mother. A woman that didn't want them, in the end. ]
Does it matter? [ Don't make her relive that moment. ] She is alive and well and back at your side, like you've always wanted. That should be enough.