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[thneed_need]

Once shook his head, bemused.  "I think that's just called 'tough love'."  

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[blkmsatraveller]

"There's a difference between tough love and abuse," Freeman had to clarify with brutal honesty.

[thneed_need]

"Alright, fair enough, but she's always said it was just her way to motivate me. And it worked--I mean, look at me! Inventor, CEO---not too shabby."

He was glossing over the fact he had forcibly split himself because his mother threatened to abandon him.

[blkmsatraveller]

"You also have a crippling fear of abandonment and a drive to please even the unpleasable." Adding to this honesty bit as Once-ler was ignoring the Seelie sitting in front of him.

[thneed_need]

"...ho--okay. So, I have a few quirks. Who doesn't? And everyone wants to please the people they care about, that's totally a normal thing."

He rubbed the back of his neck, eyes darting anywhere but the Seelie or Gordon.