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in the park, some

listened to him-she hadn't recoile

been g

er if there was more to her t

see through the cracks in his

aw Zeus, it was not by

rk, not because she felt pity for him, but beca

in the curiosity of what la

She wasn't sure what she expected, but as she approached the fa

the same tree, looking almost out

ncy-just a hoodie and a pair of

t was also clear that this was a place he didn

d, her voice soft

plied, giving

d the park for a moment b

trying to eas

anything," she said, a lighthe

low, almost reluctant soun

moment, neither of them know

nds and muted colors, felt lik

just two stra

see each other-maybe not completely, b

, Ameli

g," she began, lookin

like for you

, the question clearly

ected Amelia

d yet, she was already pushing int

g about her that made

yes, or maybe it was the unspoken c

ng a deep breath, his

asn't

wasn't reall

't exactly father-o

in my house growing up. A

of empathy shoot

but hearing it so bluntly, so matter-of-factly, ma

tly, her voice sincere. "T

, trying to b

what i

o choose your f

lia replied, her v

hey both took a moment to ab

dynamic. "What was it like for you growing up? You seem like yo

as she thought abou

d, glancing dow

ts were great, a

had to worry

irst, but Amelia could

n't ju

, a kind of quiet lon

handled it," he said after

ything figure

don't think I'd know h

or the first time, she saw it, the differ

it was the way they saw the world

rything. He had had to

all that?" Amelia asked, the question

n you chang

htly, and he thought for

you can choose how it affects you. Yo

his words, feeli

om anything she had

you were, but Zeus was saying something el

em had expected, but both of them felt deeply. Amelia wasn't sure if they would ever fully b

ust perhaps, t