He breathes the word and falls silent for a moment, simply staring at her. His face is as close to something sorry as it ever can get. He has to look down and away.
"I keep telling you that too. We don't work like that. Even if we did, you're not a bad mother if you don't fight the world. You can't fight the whole world for me. It's good not to be indebted, but you need at least some bridges unburnt. And if extending kindness to me is the rule for that, you're not going to have any left. This is the way people are. You have to get used to it." A pause. "It'll be easier for me to look after you, if I'm not counting all my enemies as yours."
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He breathes the word and falls silent for a moment, simply staring at her. His face is as close to something sorry as it ever can get. He has to look down and away.
"I keep telling you that too. We don't work like that. Even if we did, you're not a bad mother if you don't fight the world. You can't fight the whole world for me. It's good not to be indebted, but you need at least some bridges unburnt. And if extending kindness to me is the rule for that, you're not going to have any left. This is the way people are. You have to get used to it." A pause. "It'll be easier for me to look after you, if I'm not counting all my enemies as yours."