[ She is looking down thoughtfully at the pipe, as though she is taking all that you have told her into consideration.
But the truth of the matter is, she finds herself thinking back to the day she told Your Father that there was a life growing inside of her, and to the one agreement that they made not as the lovers they had been, but as the people with the fledgling dream of building a family of their own. The one agreement that she understands, without question, that she has not seen to the letter.
"A proper family. Yes, Our Son must have that."
( She will never speak of this, but she envies Asami Fukuzawa her freedom to see you simply as her boy. As the child you had been, as you possibly always will be, circumstances aside. She is grateful also that Tohru is the kind of man that he is; one who has offered her the same courtesy she offers to both him and another.
It is difficult, you see, to love you as a son ( among other things, as is the case of that one ) and to understand on a visceral level that they have not done as best as they possibly could have, had they been better people. ) ]
It will be done.
[ Another puff now, as she casts a discreet glance towards your face. It is not in her to doubt your decisions, at least where it concerns how you manage and delegate tasks. If it is your wish that she take this out of your hands, she will.
And yet. ] Are there other pressing matters that we need to discuss?
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But the truth of the matter is, she finds herself thinking back to the day she told Your Father that there was a life growing inside of her, and to the one agreement that they made not as the lovers they had been, but as the people with the fledgling dream of building a family of their own. The one agreement that she understands, without question, that she has not seen to the letter.
"A proper family. Yes, Our Son must have that."
( She will never speak of this, but she envies Asami Fukuzawa her freedom to see you simply as her boy. As the child you had been, as you possibly always will be, circumstances aside. She is grateful also that Tohru is the kind of man that he is; one who has offered her the same courtesy she offers to both him and another.
It is difficult, you see, to love you as a son ( among other things, as is the case of that one ) and to understand on a visceral level that they have not done as best as they possibly could have, had they been better people. ) ]
It will be done.
[ Another puff now, as she casts a discreet glance towards your face. It is not in her to doubt your decisions, at least where it concerns how you manage and delegate tasks. If it is your wish that she take this out of your hands, she will.
And yet. ] Are there other pressing matters that we need to discuss?