Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29461586-20150813092559/@comment-29458028-20150825123240

"Well, considering the fact you are his daughter, and that you represented his bloodline, it is pretty telling that he would sacrifice himself to save you. Parents who have reproduced have already succeeded in their aim, and his job was to make sure you lived to reproduce. That's the blunt way to put it" said Raphael nearly emotionlessly, as if he was stating a fact, not making a value judgement from personal opinion.

"I could utter platitudes about parental love and the spirit of self sacrifice to help others, but you probably hear that a lot ... and there's no point in me telling the same white lies as everyone else. It makes me a hypocrite. He wanted you to survive ... that's what every parent wants. It's not selflessness, or selfishness. It's animal instinct."