（ aidan doesn't push, and something in him relaxes. the world seems to breathe around them. slowly, the birdsong creeps back in, the wind rustles the trees. it's clear he's found some semblance of peace here, far beyond the city walls of ksagae. ）
Yeah. Never a good experience. Fuck.
（ he wants to leave it at that, but. after a moment, he shakes his head. ）
I've seen her twice. Once, right after — （ he'd been high as fuck, barely remembers more than the wonder he had for how small she was. ） and the other about a year ago.
（ he was a stranger to her. it almost seemed crueler to introduce himself as her father, so he didn't. plus, under the watchful eye of that fucking social worker who acts like it's her life's goal to condescend to him every time he opens his mouth, he'd had to be so fucking careful. she already didn't like him, would have looked for any excuse to deny him further access. ）
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Yeah. Never a good experience. Fuck.
（ he wants to leave it at that, but. after a moment, he shakes his head. ）
I've seen her twice. Once, right after — （ he'd been high as fuck, barely remembers more than the wonder he had for how small she was. ） and the other about a year ago.
（ he was a stranger to her. it almost seemed crueler to introduce himself as her father, so he didn't. plus, under the watchful eye of that fucking social worker who acts like it's her life's goal to condescend to him every time he opens his mouth, he'd had to be so fucking careful. she already didn't like him, would have looked for any excuse to deny him further access. ）