That urge to scold him came up again, and again she refrained. If he didn't wish to tell her, he didn't have to. She had to accept it. She had to respect it. Even though she felt conflicted over not being able to treat him as she would have if he was the son she was accustomed to.
He is not a child. I cannot treat him as if he is one, she sternly reminded herself as she listened to Connor continue.
She nodded to him, "Achilles was a capable man when we met. If it hadn't been for him or the Brotherhood, I could not be who I am. I had only the drive, but not the resources. Achilles provided that to me. I considered him as much a friend to me as I must have been to him."
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That urge to scold him came up again, and again she refrained. If he didn't wish to tell her, he didn't have to. She had to accept it. She had to respect it. Even though she felt conflicted over not being able to treat him as she would have if he was the son she was accustomed to.
He is not a child. I cannot treat him as if he is one, she sternly reminded herself as she listened to Connor continue.
She nodded to him, "Achilles was a capable man when we met. If it hadn't been for him or the Brotherhood, I could not be who I am. I had only the drive, but not the resources. Achilles provided that to me. I considered him as much a friend to me as I must have been to him."