Once more with feeling (open)

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"It is hard to learn that and to even trust them at all. Many people refuse to listen to it and then they end up getting killed because of it. It is tricky cause it does that but sometimes it does save your life more then anything else. Your not saying to much by the way, I am far more used to it then anything else." she said smiling.

"I wont force him to take it off but offer it to him none the less because it means a lot if he is overly stressed out and he does need the time. Soon though cause he has built up to much time already. I know, that is what worries me the most, he works to hard and I wish he could just sit and relax and not have to worry so much. I know he is but sometimes, no matter how tough, they need to be worried about too. I don't know how he does it half the time actually. That's good but sometimes we all know in a form of the word." she said nodding in understanding.

"I would have to agree. I just wish I could go see him more then anything but thats why I remain close to the school because it means I am closer to him. It was harder then anyone realizes but that was because of something that shouldn't have happened and it hurt both of us the most. You can you know, but work through it together rather then separately it doesn't work well without the other. Well....don't do it alone." she said with a sigh.

"In many ways yes though he didn't know of it till about a year ago when I told him finally that he was my godchild. Yes, at work a lot and sometimes when they come over to visit. She is very nice, shy though, very shy. I will have to eventually but not any time soon, just to much work at the office and with two new aurors training it will be more difficult. Yes, he was the one that abused Selene to almost death. Yes they do but they may not show it. Though Selene has no love for her biological parents at all." she said.

[Jonathan Doom]

"Yes, it is," Jonathan agreed lightly, head tilting slightly as he thought about the words. There was a brief solemn smile on his face, that he quickly covered up as he looked at her again, shaking his head. "I probably would have been myself," he said quietly, the words spoken without truly giving them much thought. He eyed her curiously, wondering where that had come from. Just minutes ago, he'd been thinking that he was. Maybe she was intuitive. The way his wife was. "Used to it?" he asked, instead of questioning it, "How do you mean?"

Jonathan chuckled, giving a one shouldered shrug. Jacoby may have gotten stressed out sometimes. Everyone did. But Jonathan was certain he'd never be the type to let it get to him too much. Of course, not even he could know what Jacoby was thinking deep down. Sure, the man lacked a filter for the most part. But even he had some hidden thoughts. Somewhere. "When he says no, just remember that I told you he probably would," Jon replied with a chuckle, "He works very hard. But that's just... part of who he is," Jon said grinning, a hint of pride in his voice as he leaned back slightly, "Don't get me wrong. I worry about him. Of course I do. Worrying is my nature, as my wife always says. But, I think, I'd worry more about him if he had nothing to do. I don't think he'd know what to do with himself, to be frank," he admitted. He shrugged again, "Dedication? Passion? Your guess is as good as mine,"

He nodded, giving her a quick smile. It was clear that she cared for him. In many ways, he missed that. And yet, he was still happy for her. And for the fact that other people out there had it, too. "And you want to be as close as possible," he said, barely aware he had spoken the words, "What happened?" he asked, "If you don't mind me asking. You don't have to answer that, of course. I don't mean to pry," he added carefully, "I don't think I could even if I wanted to," he said with a sigh of his own.

He stared for a moment, slightly confused. "He didn't know you, personally?" he asked, not sure he'd understood her right. He nodded at her words, then looked up again at the mention of Aurors in training. "It's not easy, is it? I mean, when Jacoby was in training, he'd come home irritated occasionally. I don't know if that was from dealing with the experienced Aurors, or from the actual training. I never asked," he glanced at her again when she mentioned Selene's abuse, sympathetic expression washing over his face. He understood more than he'd ever care to admit. "None at all?" he asked sadly.

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"I guess it depends though. Sometimes It's hard to do that. I am used to the fact that people need their privacy and that they just need some time to open up on their own. See it takes time to open up and I think that people deserve the right to open up on their own time was the same with Selene too." she said gently.

She thought about how it took Selene forever to open up to her and how, when she did open up, she was far more understanding and loving to her and it helped her heal a lot. It took a while and during the time she was thankful for her adopted son Tony for helping her out as well and if it was not for him too she didn't think Selene would have trusted any of them with what happened fully.

"I will. I will just offer him the time off whenever he needs it. Everyone does deserve a break now and then. He does and he does a lot of things that others wouldn't and I do, sometimes if not most of the time kick him out of the office so he can go home. I think it always is in those that have hearts in the right place and are caring. That too. It's probably both." she said with a chuckle of her own.

"yes, so that I can always help him if he ever needs me and to make sure that he is alright along with Selene. I know they can fend for themselves but I still worry and want to make sure that they will be safe and I can't be away from them for to long." she said nodding.

"Between Riley and I? Well...it was hard for us and...well we thought that...at first Sky was Peter's but turns to find out it was Riley's. It's ok, I mean I don't have a problem with it but I am not like that either." she said gently in thought.

"No. See...his father and I had dated back when we were in school for a while until we split apart...well till I broke it off because we just were drifting apart. He thought I was angry at him and I thought he was angry at me but in a way he sorta was. I was friends with Airous's mother and talked to her all the time and knew of Airous and how I was his godmother as well. I would drop by from time to time but mainly talked to his mother." she said frowning remembering how hard it was not to see Airous growing up.

"No, it's pretty tough going through the course but in the end it makes the aurors tougher. It tends to do that to people but in the end it turns out to be worth it in the end. I had one of the toughest Aurors who trained me who was also the Head of the Department at the time and when he retired I took his place." she said with a small smile.

"No she doesn't. Not after what they put her through but in a way I think she cares enough to make sure that they don't die but still she has no love for any of them for what they did and I don't blame her. I don't want my brother to die either but I don't want him to get away for what he did either and thats why I got full custody over Selene when she was younger." she said nodding.

[Jonathan Doom]

"Sometimes," Jonathan replied thoughtlessly, momentarily lost in his own mind as she spoke. It took him a second, but he eventually snapped back to, shaking whatever thoughts had been lingering away. "But I suppose you're right. We all like our privacy, in one way or another," He was certainly no exception. There was a lot that Jonathan would never tell anyone. Some things he hadn't even told Alissa, Airous, or Jacoby. He felt that certain things were just better left unsaid. "I'm glad you think that," he said with a light, almost solemn smile, "Many people don't realize it and try to push. I don't quite like the pushing."

He nodded, chuckling. No matter what she said, or how she reasoned it, Jonathan was still certain that Jacoby wouldn't want a break. Even being in the middle of a divorce, the man still managed to show up to work every day unperturbed. He envied him that. When Alissa had threatened him with divorce, he'd taken more days off than he cared to admit. "Yes, but deserving a break and wanting one are different, aren't they?" he asked with a light chuckle, "I suppose that kicking him out is often the only way to get him to leave?" Jonathan, of course, knew the real reasons for that laid in the fact that Jacoby didn't like spending time with his family much. But he'd keep that to himself. Better people didn't know that about him. Hell, even Jonathan saw it as a bad thing. "Probably," he said with a half smile.

"As humans, worrying is in our nature," Jon said, smiling warmly, "Some of us more so than others, of course," He was one of those ones that was more so. "But I think he and Selene will be just fine," He nodded when she spoke again saying, "Yes, between you and him," he replied, looking to her as she answered the question. He nodded when she explained. Well, she and he could relate to one another more than he had initially thought. But he didn't point that out, because doing so would mean bringing up Michelle. Which was a topic he didn't want to dig up.

"Oh," he replied simply when she explained that she'd dated Airous' father. He knew the man. Even if he had never met Airous while teaching at Hogwarts, he likely would have met Peter eventually. The two often frequented the same pubs, after all. Shared the same illness, just with different side effects. In any case, last time they'd seen each other... well, fists had been involved. "What was his mother like?" he asked suddenly. "Oh god. I probably sound really nosy," he said with a nervous laugh. "You don't have to answer that, either, if you don't want to."

He nodded. He imagined that it would be tough. Part of what turned him off of it. Jonathan might have been unafraid of toil, but he was afraid of being chewed out for doing something wrong. "Looking at Jacoby, I'd say it's working," he joked with a snicker. He glanced at her and nodded in some understanding, but still slightly confused. "I can't say I do, either. But," he began carefully, "you can still love someone dearly and yet hate who they are," he said, thinking of his own brothers as he spoke the words. "It's a very complicated emotion, love is. Good that you got full custody, anyway."

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"We all do and some of the people I know respect that too even though they are mind readers and can break into a person's mind as if it was butter but they don't like to intrude unless necessary. But sometimes things are better left hidden and not opened unless you feel ready to talk about them. I don't either, sometimes if people push to much you end up closing off more then you originally were before." she said agreeing.

"Yes they are but if it keeps him sane then by all means he can come but still if he stays in later then he should I will have to tell him he will be put on time off if he doesn't stop staying later. It is and it gets tiring but you know...he tries hard and that is what counts and thats one thing I like about him." she said with a slight chuckle.

"It is though and though some aren't as worrisome then those who love and care like we do. I tend to get sick if I am worried and that is the problem and Selene is the same way she has a good heart and its in the right place. I know they will but it doesn't stop me from worrying about them." she said.

"Sometimes, Jon....what hurts us in the past....and what still hurts us from the past....makes us who we are. If we didn't have those pains we wouldn't blossom into the people we are today. But Jon, don't let that pain stop you from talking about what hurts you the most for if you don't talk about it, sometimes even if you talk about it outside of those that know you....it helps heal you. Sometimes the topics that we push and hide so deep in ourselves, they will come back and haunt us and they will never truly ever stop hurting or be kept hidden." she said gently.

"No, it's alright, your not. A lot of people are and I would have asked too if I were you. It's alright, I don't mind, she...she and I were like sisters. She was kind, caring, loving, gentle and loved Airous and her other son. She was also beautiful and she had a good heart, her heart was always in the right place and she deeply loved Airous. She had made me his godparent because she trusted no one with Airous's life other then me and if something would have happened to her she wanted me to take him, she knew what his father was like. But after the car accident...I didn't find out for a long time what happened to her but thats why I tried to get Airous but fighting his father would have been hard. I kept a close eye on him though and had sent one of my Aurors, Nerefon, who is a counselor for troubled and abused and neglected kids to the school to keep a close eye on him or at least watch him from time to time. I regret not taking him in though." she said.

"I guess but I don't blame Selene for hating her father or mother or younger siblings for what they did. But yes." she said nodding.

[Jonathan Doom]

He nodded. "Well, it's good that they won't pry unless necessary," he said. He didn't fancy the idea of someone digging too deep into his mind. Yet, there was a part of him very deep down that thought it wouldn't be too much of a bad thing. Just because he didn't like speaking those thoughts he held down deep, didn't mean he didn't want someone to confide with. "You definitely do," he replied, knowing too well what she meant. After all, he had been there before himself. Several times.

"It definitely keeps him sane," Jonathan said with a chuckle, "I'll pass the message on to him. I don't think he'd fancy having time off much. I don't think I fancy the idea of having him on my couch every day drinking all my coffee," he added as an afterthought, knowing well that's what would happen. He loved Jacoby to death, but even best friends needed a break from one another from time to time. "He does try hard," Jonathan said with a smile, "At everything he does," Too hard sometimes, but he left that unsaid.

He nodded again, in agreement. She was right. There were definitely exceptions to the rule. People who weren't as caring. Or the extreme exceptions, who didn't care at all. The latter was more extreme, though, and such people would often be hard to pick from a crowd, anyway. "I understand," he admitted with a soft smile, "I just don't like to know that someone is worrying themselves sick," he said.

"The difference being, some of us aren't quite happy with who we've become," he said. As soon as he realized he said the thought aloud, he sighed, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry," He glanced at her, wondering what had made her say that. Was he that easy to figure it? Jacoby always said he was. Perhaps, Jacoby was right. He sighed, shaking his head. He wasn't sure about the talking. But he knew she was right. "Jacoby's often telling me I don't talk about things often enough," he said, "Well, he's a bloody hypocrite, anyway, because he doesn't, either," he frowned before he said, "Perhaps he's right, though."

"It would have been good if you had," he said quietly, knowing Airous' past situation well. He had tried his hardest to help, as well. "I myself wish I could have," he admitted. He'd certainly thought about it back then. But it wasn't easy. Sadly, such things never were. "What they did?" he asked.

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“It is, I have always told Selene, when I had her and after what happened and she had discovered her gifts I told her never to pry unless it is deemed fit to and you have no other choice. But some have such a hard time to open up or even tell others exactly what is going on that it is nice to have someone that can access those and know exactly what’s going on. I guess.” She said smiling a little.

“I bet it does. Sometimes I guess everyone needs that one bit of something that keeps them sane even if its work or school or family or anything there of to keep them going and away from insanity. I bet not but if need be I can always assign him to do work at home and I bet that is downright funny sometimes. No one should give everything as much as Jacoby does but then again some need to give more then what they do.” She said nodding knowing things about her brother Markus and he never gave Selene the love that she so desperately wanted.

“I don’t either but some do need more care then anything. Look at my brother for instance…he never once cared for Selene and she nearly ended up cold, cruel, heartless and unfriendly but because of the care I gave her she changed and hates her father.” She said nodding knowing where he was going with it though.

“I know. Some of us aren’t happy with who we have become. I know I am not some days because I believe I’ve screwed up everything and in the end, in many ways I am thankful for who I am. Sometimes people are stronger from what made them who they are today and if what happened didn’t change a part of them then there was something wrong with them in a sense.” She said tucking her hair behind her ears again with a sigh.

“No, it’s ok. Jon, don’t ever be afraid to ask for help if help is there waiting for you. Take the help when it’s offered even if you don’t give everything give half or a part of it so those who are willing to help can help you.

“Well…do you feel that it is a problem? It’s a part of who you are Jon, don’t have others change you because they don’t like it, change for yourself, not for what others want. But maybe it is good advice but sometimes they don’t always, those who give advice, take their own advice.” She said thinking and knew that she should take her own advice half or most of the time.

“I know but then….I don’t think he and Selene would have hooked up and loved each other like they do but I wish I had taken him.” She said remembering all the times she had gone to the house to keep an eye on him to see if he was alive.

“They participated in the beating on Selene. Using not only wooden, muggle, baseball bats but metal ones as well. There is more to it though.” She said sadly.

[Jonathan Doom]

Jonathan nodded in some understanding. While he would never completely comprehend such powers himself, he supposed her logic was infallible. It was the same as thoughts spoken aloud, really. Unless someone wanted to speak about them, it was rude to make an attempt to pry into them. At least, Jonathan supposed that it was. Though, in some ways, he supposed it would, also, be nice to have someone who was able to access such thoughts. With a solemn smile he replied, "It would be, yes. If anything, it would give the person an understanding, I think."

Jonathan nodded again, chuckling lightly at her words. She was right. Everyone had that something. That one thing they held onto that kept them from losing their mind. For him, it had been his children and Jacoby. For Jacoby, it had always been work. "Everyone certainly does. What is it for you?" he asked curiously, eyes on her for a brief moment as he spoke. "I don't know how well he'd take to that," he admitted. Then after a brief pause added, "But at least he'd still have something to do," he chuckled again at her next words, "Better to give it all than to give nothing at all."

He bit his lip, thinking about her words. He didn't muse over them long. Nature versus nurture was a confusing subject on its own, without Jonathan thinking much on it. After all, his own family had often put him on the fence over the subject. "Some of us do. Tragically, not everyone receives it like she eventually did," he said softly, brow furrowed at the thought.

He ran a hand through his hair, smiling a bit again as she spoke. He tried as hard as he could to believe the way she did. It was hard sometimes. Many times for him, actually. "I feel that way a lot myself," he said, nervous chuckle escaping with the words, "It's good that you are thankful for who you've become. I like to think that's important," He smiled at her next words. "I'll try to keep that in mind," he said sincerely.

He mused over her question for a moment before he answered, "Sometimes. I suppose so. Other times, I feel like it isn't. Really, he just wants what's best for me, I guess. Same as my wife does. They just each have their own way of showing it. You're right, though. It's easier to give advice than it is to actually practice the advice you give," he added with a snicker. "I think that, if they were meant to be, they would have ended up together either way. Fate has a funny way of working," he turned to face her at her next reply, soft expression on his face. He knew too well what such beatings were like. Wands, bats, it was all the same. All painful, and all leaving permanent scars. "That's horrible," he said quietly, "How much more could there be?" It was a rhetorical question, really. He didn't expect an answer, nor did he know if she would give one.

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She sat there deep in thought not really thinking to much about anything and started twirling her hair around her fingers not really realizing what she was doing cause she lost all train of thought. Though she knew her adopted daughter was good at her abilities but she did tend to lose control of them sometimes and she was very dangerous that way and she feared the worst for her all the time. She now wondered if Selene ever entered her mind but then again if she did then she never said a word about it.

"Thats true it is helpful that way but I wonder if the person does truly understand or if they only understand to a point depending on how far they go into that person's mind." she said now thinking about it that way.

She looked at him a little wondering what was going through his head and what he was really dealing with but then again she knew that it was invasion and that if she had the power she wouldn't go inside his mind. She was thankful that Selene wouldn't do that either and that in the wrong hands that power would be dangerous. She thought about his question before answering it and she didn't really know what made her do what she did or stay in control as she was.

"Selene, the rest of those who I adopted, Riley and my own biological child. They are what keep me grounded I guess, keep me from going to far off the ground. That's very true." she said laughing a little.

"Thats very true not everyone had not everyone does but when it comes down to it sometimes the one that gets the beating is usually grateful that it's just them and not anyone else. Yes well some days I wonder if I truly like it but sometimes it is important that a person thinks that. Good." she said gently with a small smile.

"That's understandable everyone thinks about everyone else but they fail to realize what is best for themselves. I guess, Riley has that and in many ways it worries me but I wouldn't change him for the world. It's true though but hard to do it when you know its hard." she said thinking again about the time where she thought Sky was Peter's but thankfully she wasn't.

"That is true and the fates will always have that working but they love each other every time I see them together I see and feel the love they have for each other." she said smiling at how Selene and Airous were together.

"It was actually the poor house elf helped her heal and made sure that she didn't get infections. A lot actually but thankfully I got there before there was any more damage then there was already. Maybe one day, though it's not my story to tell, she will tell you one day." she said.

[Jonathan Doom]

"I don't think anyone can ever fully understand another person," Jonathan said a bit thoughtfully, "So, yeah, I imagine it'd be to a point. It's hard to know what someone is feeling, experiencing, even if you do know what they are thinking," he paused for a moment, brief smile flickering across his features, "But at the very least, it will give them a sense of empathy toward the person. Which, in many ways, is akin to understanding. And, perhaps, it was.

It was complicated, what was going on in Jonathan's head. He seemed to be in a constant battle with himself. Those who knew him well, knew that well enough. But he didn't often like speaking of the thoughts, so it was unlikely that he'd ever share them completely. Even with those who knew him well. "That's nice," he said with a smile, "That you have so many people. I guess you kind of made your own family, huh?" he asked. Perhaps he sounded a bit nosy, but he was curious by nature.

He let out a gentle sigh, a bit uncomfortable at the topic at hand. Perhaps it was noticeable, he wasn't sure. "Sometimes," he said, "A lot of times. But I guess, it isn't always that way," he didn't even know what he was saying entirely. That was quite typical of him, though. He stopped talking once he realized that he'd lost his train of thought and allowed his voice to trail off before he continued with a completely new thought.

"You shouldn't want to change him," he replied with a smile, "Unless something he's doing is self destructive, I guess," Yeah, he saw the hypocrisy in the statement. But he chose to ignore it. "I think it's important to love people as they are. It's detrimental to expect them to change. And if you feel like they should, I'd think that the love for them has faded," The thought came from his own marriage, though he spoke cryptically so as not to give that way.

"I'm glad they have each other," he said. His expression was soft again as she continued speaking about Selene. He nodded in understanding. "Maybe she will. That'd be up to her, though," he said.

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"Probably not and in many ways its a good thing but in others at least they can get a basic understanding of the person to see kind of what they are going through. Yes, I agree though, only to a point it is hard to know what everyone is feeling or what they have or haven't experienced if you do only know what they have thought. I do agree though." she said with a small smile on her face thinking of when Selene had helped Riley.

She let him think. It was nice to have someone who kind of got to understand what was going on though but only saw it in a different way but understood non-the-less. She hoped that everything would turn out for the better and it had gotten a lot better for everyone so far even in the war it had gotten to be a little happy though her adopted daughter was stressed every day now.

"It is nice to have so many people and it is making my own family. It's nice too. Though sometimes we were born into a family that is good and others have to make a family in order to have that goodness and love where they originally didn't have it." she said with a smile and her eyes were kind.

"I guess not. Sometimes we just have to accept it but never letting go of the good things." she said dropping the topic sighing herself remembering all the good times and stuff when she had to let go and when she lost everything once before and it was difficult.

"I don't want to. I have seen things like that, Selene was like that when I took her in and that was the hardest thing to prevent her from doing self destruction, I feared I was going to lose her every time she was away. I have to agree that no matter what you should love people who they are but sometimes what they are or what they do is not always healthy. I would have to agree to many points but sometimes it's a little hard to do that." she said gently.

"I am too. They are good for each other and when they were in school, they would sneak off to the room of requirement. Selene was always sneaking around but then again when she was with her father, she had to do that in order to survive but now she is perfectly fine now. It will have to be up to her and it's a sad tale." she said sadly wishing to change her brother.

[Jonathan Doom]

Jonathan nodded in agreement, finding her words to be pretty spot on. He bowed his head slightly, mulling over them for a brief moment before he replied, "Sometimes, I think it's hard to completely understand another person even if you have been through a similar situation," he said thoughtfully, "I guess, what I'm trying to say, is everyone experiences things differently," he added with a nervous chuckle.

"It really is," he said smiling, thinking of his own family. He supposed he was one of those who had to make his family. "In either case, everyone finds their own family eventually," he replied, still smiling. "Yeah. When someone is like that, they need your help. To help them change, make better of themselves. Even if they don't admit that they do," he said cryptically and perhaps, a little too knowingly, "If she's okay now, I'd think you know that already, though."

Jonathan smiled lightly as he listened to her. It was sweet, really, but there was something else hidden behind that smile. Something that not even he could explain. "Well, I'm glad she's fine now," he said sincerely, "It's sad that she had to do so to survive. We shouldn't have to fear our own parents," Or siblings he wanted to add, but he bit those words down.

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"Thats also very true, it is hard to completely understand anyone regardless if they are going through similar stuff as you. Everyone does go through things differently and sometimes it helps to have someone there that went there and came back but could give you advice even if its different." she said nodding with a small smile on her face.

"I guess everyone does find and make their own family in their own way eventually. Thats all that matters sometimes blood doesn't mean anything its the people that love us in our lives that stick with us through good and bad times and want to be in their lives. Thats family. I agree with you on that one Sometimes those that don't admit that they need help are the ones that need the most help. I probably would." she said nodding though she wondered if Selene was really over it or she was still scared.

She so wished that there was a way to change things but then again there wouldn't be a way unless he had his family killed, the ones that really meant a lot to him. That would be wrong too but then again it would prove something. She wouldn't set out a killer on her family no matter who they were.

"I am too. Though I hope that when the time comes that she wouldn't mind seeing her parents without wanting to kill them. It is sad but what can she do or what else can we all do to continue but be strong. We shouldn't but then again....not many realize what true fear is." she said.

[Jonathan Doom]

"Exactly," he said with a soft, almost solemn smile. It was true. Everyone went through their battles in their own way. No two people hurt the same way. "Though, I suppose you're right," he continued carefully, eyes drifting away from her as he spoke, "It does help to have someone near who might have a slight idea. Sometimes, though, it helps more if they have no freaking clue at all yet care about you so much that it seems as though they do. I guess, what I'm trying to say, is having anyone is better than no one at all."

He nodded again, smiling a genuine smile this time. Family was a topic he generally liked, provided he wasn't speaking about his brothers. Jon had distanced himself so far from them, though, that he often didn't associate the word family with the Doom's. He had successfully made his own family, and it wasn't just his children. Though, they were a very large part of it. "Yes, most people are lucky enough to do so. For some, it is their blood relatives. Others, like myself, have to look further. Blood isn't always thicker than water."

He sighed, smile gone. That was normal for Jon, though. At least, at times like those. He bit the inside of his cheek as he stared ahead into Hogsmeade. "Yeah, exactly," was his only reply. "I'm sure the time will come," he said quietly, "In due time. We can only hold onto anger for so long, before it either dissipates or is released. Facing it is often the easiest way to prevent the latter," Of course, Jon rarely faced his own anger, but that was something he wouldn't point out. "Yeah. And then, there are many of us, who learn to soon," he added.

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She listened knowing what it was like in some cases and sometimes it was true but others not so much. She remembered what it was like for her to see Selene in so much pain and suffering for what her father and family had done to her that she was practically shutting down. She didn't know what to do at the time but then again she knew that the only reason that Selene fought to stay alive without completely shutting down was because there was something in her life worth to live for. Though, now that she thought about it, she wondered what it was that she fought for, then again it was none of her business to know exactly but maybe there was a logical reason.

"That's very true, though sometimes the person refuses to let anyone in because fear of the other person or the abuse that they had already have gotten and if they told anyone the abuse would make it worse. That's what happened with my niece, well daughter. I would have to agree for people, at least there are a few in the world, that still care enough to go out of their way to help you." she said nodding and smiling.

She thought about her own family how her parents had always favored her over her brother and her own twin and she thought about it and realized that was the same with her brother too. Though her mother tried to keep the peace but then again, she herself made a better living and cared and hadn't turned out like either of her parents who were loving though. Her brother hated everyone and her sister, her identical twin sister, was just like her brother, cold, cruel and completely evil.

"That is very true. When I took Selene in, she had a hard time going back to school but yet she found friends here after being taken away that they became family, Airous was the first friend she had gotten here. They became close and after that she began taking care of others and them becoming her family too. Blood isn't always family, I would have to agree with you there." she said nodding.

"That's true but sometimes some people are good at holding their anger in but others over a short amount of time lose it faster then ever. My brother is like that. Yes I agree and sometimes we still want those we love who grew up to fast to remain a kid to experience what it was like to be one." Hecate agreed and sighed slightly.