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The kid is a living testament to best laid intentions if a testament's ever been bound. But in time, all things can bear fruit. Let it never be said I'm a fucker born of personal patience, but I have begun to understand that he's my lesson in it.
A blessing and a trial, and a seed I will tend as best I can...no matter what comes to pasture.
It's my failing that took away that voice, and no amount of retribution dealt can return it. Though of course, retribution there was in spades.
Spades there may be, but I pray he does not fall to dirt. There is silence enough in the earth, and even without words may he never stop speaking. I will bear the regret and blood now- you need only be.
(A genuine smile. A father who protects, even if it means going against a follower's ideals. Someone to trust and fall back on.)