[She listens carefully and closely because it's always this man's words that lift her out of the darkness of her own self-doubt and self-loathing.
It wasn't being in the shadow of her father that plagued her. It was never that. She felt too different from him in so many ways and the man the man that was her grandfather. Both were just shadows themselves; lingering, dangerous, but nothing else tangible to make the Howard name any heavier.
It wasn't about being better or living up to a name she never wanted. All it was was the question of does he still...?
A small smile forms and she looks at Terry hopefully.]
Do you think with me it can all end?
[She looks at her half eaten burger.]
You already know I don't care about that half of my blood. I know how to fight, and how to fight well, but I've been so lucky to live in a different world where I don't need to do such things everyday.
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It wasn't being in the shadow of her father that plagued her. It was never that. She felt too different from him in so many ways and the man the man that was her grandfather. Both were just shadows themselves; lingering, dangerous, but nothing else tangible to make the Howard name any heavier.
It wasn't about being better or living up to a name she never wanted. All it was was the question of does he still...?
A small smile forms and she looks at Terry hopefully.]
Do you think with me it can all end?
[She looks at her half eaten burger.]
You already know I don't care about that half of my blood. I know how to fight, and how to fight well, but I've been so lucky to live in a different world where I don't need to do such things everyday.
He keeps on fighting everyday doesn't he?