<span style="color: #666600">"They're no different than our kind, I assure you. Some are happy and carefree, others are cold and hateful, some are cowards who will run and hide at the hint of a threat. Like Flora. Then just ignore him instead of outright blocking him. I don't know why I bother, I'll just reestablish his link to me later, I know better than trying to argue."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ff0000">"Let Leena decide where we live, I just want to be near her, I'll make due with whatever city we end up in. Just whatever is safest for the children and most comfortable for her."</span>She looked at Leena for a moment then back to her grandmother.<span style="color: #ff0000">"I just want her to be happy."</span><br/><br/>Ras pulled Shauna back into his arms and shook his head. "Could we really? Ibara needed more than just strength, she needed to be pushed around and bullied. Could you ever push Ibara to the floor and make her wear a collar? Would you make her polish your boots to keep her humble?"<span style="color: #5900b3">"Ask my mother, Shauna. Ask her to look into the timelines. She'll tell you if you could have done better than me, but I was doomed to fail from the start. I saw the damage in Ibara when I took her in, but I thought I could hold her together. I thought I could save her and I was wrong, she crumbled in my hands and I'm sorry, Shauna. I'm fucking sorry that I even tried. I'm sorry that I cared and did everything in my power to be what she needed."</span>"Ibara turned on me too, Shauna. She still believes I 'held her tusks over her head' to taunt her with. Even after I gave them to her she still resents me for it."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>