"So you think I'm alright," Mathias replies, grinning over at Veronica as if he's caught her admitting some deep, dark secret. "The truth comes out."
And it's one he's perfectly content to hear.
"I suppose I did. Even with her need to look good, my mother was very much absent," he admits. "I took care of Henrich most of the time." He's always thought that this is part of why he chooses not to be a leader in times of crisis. He's spent all his life caring for someone else and he's tired of being the parent at such a young age.
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Date: 2009-02-17 03:47 pm (UTC)And it's one he's perfectly content to hear.
"I suppose I did. Even with her need to look good, my mother was very much absent," he admits. "I took care of Henrich most of the time." He's always thought that this is part of why he chooses not to be a leader in times of crisis. He's spent all his life caring for someone else and he's tired of being the parent at such a young age.