[She's going to let him talk until he's done, a small frown crossing her lips instead. It's a whole complicated thing from what she can tell and from what she's read, as well. There's differences to that story, she knows damn well what they are and she's taking a deep breath to calm her nerves once he's done.]

I really think so.

The difference is that the reason you did what you did was to keep her from being a target, you thought everything was over. You did it to ensure that she was safe when she didn't have a way to defend herself.

[God, how does she...]

While I had the means to defend myself, I have the means to fight back, I had a right to know about all of this and was instead left to figure it out on my own. Alone.

My mom didn't know about any of this fucking shit, either.