Relene looked at him as tears built in her eyes. "are you deaf!? how many times and in how many ways do i have to tell you that i asked<i>you</i>to teach me how to fight so i could spend time with<i>you</i>before it gets through your thick skull!? do i need to carve it on a hammer and hit you with it!? the whole point was to spend time with you but all you did was try to ship me off! how did you expect me to react to being repeatedly rejected!? all i wanted was time with my father... you wouldn't just spend time with me so i thought if i asked you to teach me... i thought you might care about me enough to spent time educating me." she huffed and put her sandwich down to fetch herself a glass of water which she gulped down to refill and she returned to her seat. "i don't want someone better... i want my father... that is all i wanted."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>