"... Well..."
Delphine let out a slow, tired sigh as she shook her head, already knowing she had no real power over his seduction.
This was not something she could help... they really didn't have a choice there!
This path was something he had to walk, and she had accepted it the moment she accepted him, flaws included.
Her voice came out calmer than she expected, steadier than the storm of thoughts still swirling inside her.
"Like I said before… she's not my mother, Aether," she said quietly, "Don't worry so much about it." She paused for a moment, then added with honest bluntness, "But if you'd told me all this before everything happened… I would've absolutely lost my mind."
Truthfully, the moment she chose to accept Aether, even with Selene involved, she had crossed a border there was no returning from.
Adding Xara to that already pushed her limits, something she was still struggling to fully process.
