backstory nonsense for cat

[deadanimemom]

[It's been a long time the last time she walked through this door. Shiro might not even live here any more, might have taken... well, he might have moved somewhere else.

But that's a concern for later. Right now, she raises her hand and rings the doorbell.]

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[lionson]

[That hits him right in the guilt, and it gets him to finally lash out.]

Yeah, well, you shouldn't be. Yukio's sick all the time and is constantly in the hospital for one thing or another. And Rin, he sees his brother and wants to help, but he always ends up hurting himself instead. They're both messes and I can't do enough for either of 'em, let alone both at once.

You picked a shitty person to raise your kids and now they're both broken.

[He sure is insulting himself there, not the boys.]

[deadanimemom]

[She recoils for a second, bracing herself to smooth things over, to gently pull him out of a mood that could be dangerous---

but this is Shiro. It's Shiro.]

Don't you dare! I know you, and I know you've done everything you can for them! It isn't your fault Y-- [her voice catches a little] Yukio's sick! And if Rin gets in trouble trying to help then you did a great job teaching him what's important!

[lionson]

[Yeah, Shiro might get angry and loud but he isn't dangerous. He doesn't raise his hand in anger at people anymore. He outgrew that the moment he had children to take care of.

Still, he loud.]

He almost died trying to help!

[Hi yes, your kids are Artifacts too Yuri.]

It's not a 'good job' if he works himself into an early grave trying to help!

[deadanimemom]

[He almost died trying to help isn't a phrase that should make her feel a little bit proud, but it does.]

That isn't your fault! That just means he-- [he's too much like her.]

He should be glad he has someone who cares enough about him to worry when he does something rash.

[lionson]

[Yuri plz!]

You don't get to come in 15 years after the fact and decide what's good or bad! You left! I didn't know if you were even alive anymore!

[deadanimemom]

I know. I know, and I'm sorry, Shiro. I didn't want to hurt you, or them.

[But I didn't want to and I didn't mean to are worlds apart, and this moment, these fifteen years of hurt were exactly what she knew would happen.]