"He does. I assume even more so, in your universes...I can only imagine how horribly he was treated." (And there were times when, in her darkest moments, she would've wanted him to suffer. But it was never a genuine feeling -- just that creature called Hurt stirring up from her pain.)

"Don't know if I could not care about them, being honest." She takes a sip of her coffee, fond. "Pitfalls of being a mother, I suppose. ...I won't expect the same from them, though. I know it's a rather complicated situation."