Vyre shook her head and started to explain in graphic detail everything her and her daughter went through after they had been caught.<span style="color: purple"> "Then I woke up here with my body stitched closed and the mage being useless and overly obnoxious as usual."</span>She took a firm grip on a handful of Ibara's head and forced her to look back at her.<span style="color: purple">"Yes, it was, you couldn't even follow the one rule I gave you. One simple rule, consider yourself fortunate you have such... convincing people around you, for now I will tolerate your love and allow you to express it freely. My mother is still a Highborne capable of freezing and traveling through time, she's been around Ras at least once, I could smell him on her when she showed up. But we can discuss her later, I don't feel like getting angry again."</span>She released her pet's hair but then slapped her hard across the cheek.<span style="color: purple"> "You love me, so kiss me like you do."</span><br/><br/>Ras shook his head and put the meat on to cook. "And I thought I had a horrible mother, mine was just gone, you've all but gone out of your way to give your child every excuse to want to murder you in the most painful ways possible." He shrugged a bit and started to cut up some potatoes. "Nobody ever thinks of how I'm affected by things, I wouldn't expect you to either. I am curious though, what would happen if my younger self were there to protect Ibara from her abusers rather than working for her father? How screwed up would my future be?"<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>