[ She's said it before, it goes without saying, but at the same time, she cannot take her presence for granted, everything they've gone through time and again all matters and she gives her hand a knowing squeeze. She remembers all of what Lup had gone through with Taako well, because it was how they had bonded. Always easier to be on the advising side than in her own shoes dealing with the problems. At the time, she had her own growing to do, but Lotor had been a hope that had stomped on her heart, then, while Lup was in need, right in front of her, during a time she had begun to realize that she could no longer ignore others that cried out in pain ever again. ]
... It is hard to gauge when it is too much or too little, when it is constantly feeling as though nothing I could say would be enough with what he's had to face. The last person he allowed to be close to him... betrayed him as well. Even now... he was ill and yet I asked him if he would trust himself to our care before he succumbed. Before we brought him here, and yet I can't help fearing he will seek to run away when he wakes. I would not blame him if he did, but, that way of thinking is... lack of faith on my part, is it not?
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[ She's said it before, it goes without saying, but at the same time, she cannot take her presence for granted, everything they've gone through time and again all matters and she gives her hand a knowing squeeze. She remembers all of what Lup had gone through with Taako well, because it was how they had bonded. Always easier to be on the advising side than in her own shoes dealing with the problems. At the time, she had her own growing to do, but Lotor had been a hope that had stomped on her heart, then, while Lup was in need, right in front of her, during a time she had begun to realize that she could no longer ignore others that cried out in pain ever again. ]
... It is hard to gauge when it is too much or too little, when it is constantly feeling as though nothing I could say would be enough with what he's had to face. The last person he allowed to be close to him... betrayed him as well. Even now... he was ill and yet I asked him if he would trust himself to our care before he succumbed. Before we brought him here, and yet I can't help fearing he will seek to run away when he wakes. I would not blame him if he did, but, that way of thinking is... lack of faith on my part, is it not?