I thank you, for your concern - despite your professed lack of care.
[ Despite everything, his words do manage to strike a cord somewhere deep within her. How many times had her father told her something similar? That she needed to open herself up to others and accept their help... yet somehow she still remains so reluctant to do so. In the days since he had died, had she not been avoiding the others? Avoiding their concerned faces, their expressions of sympathy...
And she's still doing that now. ]
Your feelings are understandable.
[ Her answer is like that of a politician - careful, evidently well-trained in how to react to such a statement of dislike... or how not to react rather. That being said, her response is truthful. It is understandable. How ashamed had she been of the legacy her family had left upon this world after all? That being said, nobody likes to be told how much they are disliked personally, yet with all that she has been through over these few days, with all that she has lost... it's as if she's become numb to it. She had already been struggling with her will to carry on the fight, rising to this... well, it only seems pointless. ]
An apology from me no doubt means little to nothing to you in the face of your and your family's suffering but regardless, I offer it. I've sought only to atone for my family's grievous mistakes up till now.
I have no desire to "use" you as you put it. But if as a weapon is how you wish to proceed, then so be it.
I will return to the dorm just to make the necessary introductions to the rest of SEES, although you will have already seen many of them at school.
I will be scarce for a while - much to your relief I am sure. I have business to attend to. Our leader is more than capable of overseeing you and ensuring that you settle in.
[ Funeral arrangements for her father... adjusting to the idea of taking over a business empire years earlier than she had ever thought she would... contemplating her own role with SEES going forward... that kind of thing... ]
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[ Despite everything, his words do manage to strike a cord somewhere deep within her. How many times had her father told her something similar? That she needed to open herself up to others and accept their help... yet somehow she still remains so reluctant to do so. In the days since he had died, had she not been avoiding the others? Avoiding their concerned faces, their expressions of sympathy...
And she's still doing that now. ]
Your feelings are understandable.
[ Her answer is like that of a politician - careful, evidently well-trained in how to react to such a statement of dislike... or how not to react rather. That being said, her response is truthful. It is understandable. How ashamed had she been of the legacy her family had left upon this world after all? That being said, nobody likes to be told how much they are disliked personally, yet with all that she has been through over these few days, with all that she has lost... it's as if she's become numb to it. She had already been struggling with her will to carry on the fight, rising to this... well, it only seems pointless. ]
An apology from me no doubt means little to nothing to you in the face of your and your family's suffering but regardless, I offer it. I've sought only to atone for my family's grievous mistakes up till now.
I have no desire to "use" you as you put it. But if as a weapon is how you wish to proceed, then so be it.
I will return to the dorm just to make the necessary introductions to the rest of SEES, although you will have already seen many of them at school.
I will be scarce for a while - much to your relief I am sure. I have business to attend to. Our leader is more than capable of overseeing you and ensuring that you settle in.
[ Funeral arrangements for her father... adjusting to the idea of taking over a business empire years earlier than she had ever thought she would... contemplating her own role with SEES going forward... that kind of thing... ]