"… I see, so he didn't have a life as a child." I looked down. Yet another case of failed parenting, huh?
"Yeah. Now that I've seen what it's like to be him, the things he forbade me to do pale in comparison," she sighed, "ah! That doesn't mean I'm justifying his actions, though! It's just that… Seeing the extreme version makes me realize that what he did to me was bad, and could have a negative impact on me."
I smiled upon hearing her thought process and patted her head, "good job. Being able to realize that is already progress. At least now you know why it was wrong."
"I wonder how different it would be if uncle Erenduill had a normal childhood… Not that I know of one, though. Ehe!" Firiell chuckled.
"Sometimes I can't decide if you're super bright or secretly dark." I sighed.
"Oh, one important thing, though. Can you wake me up tomorrow at dawn?" She piped up unexpectedly.
