[ It's hard not to feel protective and defensive of her mother, the head of their house, in truth, since it certainly was not Gilia.
But she just said she appreciated Murphy's honesty, and knee jerk as the reaction was, she would not be that much of a hypocrite. ]
I suppose I never thought of it as that.
This is just how matters are, in noble families, most often. We say it is to counter how we are given so much, we must hold each other to even higher account.
That's bullshit, Gilia. I'm not saying you should get to just let it go to your heads and be assholes, but you don't have to be cruel to kids to teach them that.
That doesn't mean you're wrong. Sometimes people do things, and they need to do them, things are crap enough that they make sense. But that doesn't mean they always will, and it doesn't mean they were ever good.
[There's some silence, before he replies to that. She's hardly subtle, even in this way of talking, when she's pushing something down.]
Look, I know this stuff's weird and hard where everyone's from different places, do and think things different. But don't push at it or beat yourself up about it. I don't like some of the stuff you've told me about your home, but I like you, and that's the part that matters the most to most people. Okay?
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But she just said she appreciated Murphy's honesty, and knee jerk as the reaction was, she would not be that much of a hypocrite. ]
I suppose I never thought of it as that.
This is just how matters are, in noble families, most often. We say it is to counter how we are given so much, we must hold each other to even higher account.
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... Is it, cruel?
Forgive me, that is -
... It is not how anyone regards these things that I know.
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But I am sure you can already gather, most people find me soft hearted.
I do not... I am not sure what to say? It is all framed differently at home. It is about tests and strength and what must be endured.
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Do they say so about how children treat each other?
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[ Frick. She's going to go think about. Some stuff. ]
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Look, I know this stuff's weird and hard where everyone's from different places, do and think things different. But don't push at it or beat yourself up about it. I don't like some of the stuff you've told me about your home, but I like you, and that's the part that matters the most to most people. Okay?
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