[This frightening man has a point, and he knows it. But he feels like he'll be such a let down, which he is anyway because he's said so much. He doesn't want to hurt her emotionally; he knows her 'real' side, he knows that she can feel things... He's been told that she can feel things, but whether they were lies, like every other one that she's told him to make him obey her.
But then again, Jack is... his friend? That is the right word, he thinks. He's never had friends, just a wife and children and the neighbours that he never really interacted with... oh, and the mice. The Other Father knows how friendship is meant to work, and that he's meant to trust them. Trust is important.
He did stick up to her to help Coraline, he did get that courage. He has his Pokémon now too. And Mother isn't here, and he's finally beginning to think that she might not be coming; Mother would have been here straight away, surely? Maybe... No, he doesn't want to think that she might not care about him. He loves his wife. But...
He keeps his voice low, slow, disappointed, as he stares into nothingness once again, forgetting the full use of his eyes. The Ditto slides up onto Jack's shoulder.]
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But then again, Jack is... his friend? That is the right word, he thinks. He's never had friends, just a wife and children and the neighbours that he never really interacted with... oh, and the mice. The Other Father knows how friendship is meant to work, and that he's meant to trust them. Trust is important.
He did stick up to her to help Coraline, he did get that courage. He has his Pokémon now too. And Mother isn't here, and he's finally beginning to think that she might not be coming; Mother would have been here straight away, surely? Maybe... No, he doesn't want to think that she might not care about him. He loves his wife. But...
He keeps his voice low, slow, disappointed, as he stares into nothingness once again, forgetting the full use of his eyes. The Ditto slides up onto Jack's shoulder.]
Mother scares us all.