"speak for yourself, i have not allowed her to intrude on my personal matters and she usually backs off readily enough to a firm but polite discussion of boundaries." he nodded a little and drank some more. "you're worried that you are dangerous to Jasmine and that your emotions are too large of a burden for her to bear. but she came to you, she stepped in and volunteered despite knowing the extent of the damage and the danger she would be facing. these women that Animus would be throwing at you are not trained, they do not know the extent of the damage and the danger of your powers and they have not volunteered to be your caretaker. Jasmine has what, ten sisters to support her? not to mention the full staff of that garish temple. i doubt the women Animus might send are so well supported."<br/><br/>"you're right, you don't know anything about any of this. Ibara's son went to spend some time with his father but the father never returned the child. Ibara spent the next six months growing steadily more depressed and heartbroken as she became convinced the father had stolen the child and taught the child to hate her. in the mean time the child was writing more and more letters to his mother about how much he loved her and missed her. the father was only keeping the child while he awaited word that Ibara was ready to have the child back and he became convinced that Ibara no longer wanted to see the child... Animus stole the child's letters and hid them away for reasons no one can comprehend. Animus hurt Ibara, the child and the child's father by making decisions in the lives of others when she shouldn't have been involved in any way. that is why i so aggressively defended your right to make your own choices." she nodded and bowed slightly. "then i bid you good evening. oh, the native Lynxes can get a little loud at night but they are more skittish then wolves and not half as strong as bears so they won't bother you unless you mess with their cubs but that's any wild animal... i just thought i would say something about them, they used to scare me at night." she smiled and headed back to her cart and her helpers.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>