"I'm sure he wishes he could have spent more time wisz you. Any parent does," Sapphira commented, thinking on her own experience. She hadn't even met her father until she was a teenager, but the man had done everything he could to contact her from the moment he found out she existed. She didn't tell this to Julian, though, not wanting to give him any information that could end up being harmful to both of them. "What about your moszer, zen? I bet she was a lot closer to you if she was ze one who had to raise you most of ze time."