>>5941937Left speechless for a moment, all you can do is hold your daughter to you as she cries all over again, clinging to your suit as she bawls. Holding her wrapped in your arms, you gently rock her, trying to think over what to tell her. To use her powers? To not use her powers? What had she done specifically, did she warn this 'Arti' what she was going to do or just hit her with some of her magic? Having spent years building your pain tolerance up with your daughter's help, Milha having a surprisingly wide variety of creative ways to inflict pain, you know that no one else on this planet could take even half of what you can. Her powers are dangerous, especially when she loses herself in the moment and doesn't carefully control herself. But why did she use her magic on her friend?
“Hey, can I ask you something?” you ask Milha once she's calmed down, your daughter looking back up to you with her big ol' eyes.
“Of course.” she answers, face even more red than usual from all the crying.
“Why did you use your magic on Arti?” you ask, Milha's confusion immediately apparent. “How did you get to that point?”
“She said she wanted to get to know me better. To be closer than friends.” Milha answers, voice still a little shaky. “She said she wished she could feel magic, so I let her. And now she's angry at me.”
“Wait, what did you use?” you ask, having a feeling you know where this is going.
“Just Curse Magic: Agonizing Touch.” your daughter replies, her tone and expression showing real confusion. She doesn't understand. “When Arti fell down I kissed her on the forehead, and her scream... It sent a shiver up my spine, my fingers got all tingly! But when I ended my magic, holding her head in my lap and stroking her cheek, she jerked herself up out of my arms. She was mad at me! I don't know why she was mad either, I just did what she said she wanted! And now she hates me! She said she never wanted to see me again! Why? Why would she say that?”
And as you look into your daughter's worried, upset eyes, at how much this rejection hurt her, you realize far too late that you're not sure what to do. How do you even BEGIN to unravel this?
-Saiyan Conqueror Quest 213 paused-
