"Only me, and I'm just a cousin. His mother was, still is, in a mental hospital."
She hummed in agreement. Callie was right in that change couldn't be forced, and pretending was not something the Praetors or anyone else was looking for. It had to be genuine.
"I won't ask you to change if you truly don't want to, Callie. Who you were before is impossible to regain, but you can be someone like her. A mix of now and back then. You're the only one who can decide on what parts you want to change, and what parts you want to keep. You don't have to pretend or give up what's yours. You don't have to be alone, and change doesn't always need to be a bad thing."
Aqua glanced away for a second. What she said next she had no idea how it would be taken, but she felt it was needed.
"Maybe you won't believe me when I say this, but...Ven and I care about you very much. Whatever choice you make, no matter how much I might disagree with it, I'll respect it."
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She hummed in agreement. Callie was right in that change couldn't be forced, and pretending was not something the Praetors or anyone else was looking for. It had to be genuine.
"I won't ask you to change if you truly don't want to, Callie. Who you were before is impossible to regain, but you can be someone like her. A mix of now and back then. You're the only one who can decide on what parts you want to change, and what parts you want to keep. You don't have to pretend or give up what's yours. You don't have to be alone, and change doesn't always need to be a bad thing."
Aqua glanced away for a second. What she said next she had no idea how it would be taken, but she felt it was needed.
"Maybe you won't believe me when I say this, but...Ven and I care about you very much. Whatever choice you make, no matter how much I might disagree with it, I'll respect it."