[He draws the cup close to peer into the coffee's murky depths.]
. . . would be no creature, but a precious family of mine. If that which cannot be seen frightens us so, then the child must be just as terrified, if not more, of what he must endure in isolation. If the disconnect is a matter of perception . . . I would seek instead to understand his heart, ere the crack grows and the child's self-perception shatters.
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[He draws the cup close to peer into the coffee's murky depths.]
. . . would be no creature, but a precious family of mine. If that which cannot be seen frightens us so, then the child must be just as terrified, if not more, of what he must endure in isolation. If the disconnect is a matter of perception . . . I would seek instead to understand his heart, ere the crack grows and the child's self-perception shatters.