[Maybe it's the tone of Angel's voice. Or maybe the fact that she's growing more fearful as Athena goes on. But something manages to needle past Athena's walls, and a look of guilt flashes across her face.
Shit. Shit. She knows how easily she can freak people out, and normally she doesn't care what they think... but she hadn't wanted to do that with Angel.]
... I know.
[Athena's not always a warm person. Even with their odd little thrown-together family, she's not always like that. BUt she tries to force herself into some semblance of that attitude, if just so she can stop scaring the kid.]
But father or not, you can't allow him to make you keep thinking that all of your misfortune was your fault.
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Shit. Shit. She knows how easily she can freak people out, and normally she doesn't care what they think... but she hadn't wanted to do that with Angel.]
... I know.
[Athena's not always a warm person. Even with their odd little thrown-together family, she's not always like that. BUt she tries to force herself into some semblance of that attitude, if just so she can stop scaring the kid.]
But father or not, you can't allow him to make you keep thinking that all of your misfortune was your fault.