<span style="color: olive">"Didn't make it hurt any less, did it?" </span>She pat Sharindia's shoulder again then headed back to her desk.<span style="color: olive"> "You have a mate and your own duties to care for, I have nothing going on in my life, keeping tabs on your daughter won't be that big of a deal." </span><span style="color: purple">"Neither of you need to have any involvement in my sex life. No mother, I don't want you changing anything about me. I've been changed enough and now I just want to live with what I have and be happy for once."</span>The'kal shook her head and smiled.<span style="color: olive">"I said could, she could have had a better life, not that she would. I'm not arguing that what she was going through wasn't horrible, but if you hadn't come along and freed her someone else would have... and to be honest, minus the beating part, how is that any different from how Ras treats his women? Still." </span>The Troll paused for a moment and summoned a small ball of light.<span style="color: olive"> "You wouldn't do very well in this new world, especially with the hatred for cross breeds only getting worse." </span>The ball danced around The'kal's hand for a moment before flying to Sharindia and eventually fading.<span style="color: olive"> "I guess she remembered you too. There's nothing not pure about them, they're just potent herbs pressed into pill shape for ease of consumption... and to keep Rintha away from them." </span>She smirked faintly.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>