{FAILED PRIVATE}

[willbiteback]

I couldn't keep my son from suffering years of pain and torment. He was scarred, outwardly and inwardly, and I wasn't there to save him

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[willbiteback]

[SIGH of course her lock failed]

[willbiteback]

But can I really claim that I am?

locked.

[willbiteback]

I apologize; this wasn't meant to be visible.

locked.

[willbiteback]

Do you?

[ddd_zack]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey. Back up. Okay, first of all, what kind of doctor says that to a patient?

Sounds like you care about them, a lot. That makes you a pretty decent mom in my books. More than a lot of people can say.

[willbiteback]

Ah... no, she wasn't my doctor. She was someone I met here, on the community.

I do. But there is far more to motherhood than love.

[ddd_zack]

Oh, okay. Well, that's a little different, then. Still a shi... er, a crappy thing to say.

Yeah, there's plenty more to it than love. But I don't think you can really be classified as a failure, if you love them. It's kind of the most important bit, and the rest should all come from that.

I mean, I guess maybe if you deliberately turned your daughter into that, or hurt your son, that would count, too. But it doesn't sound like that's what you were aiming for.

[willbiteback]

I could always have done more.

[dreaming_oflove]

I'm sure that isn't true! You did your best!

[willbiteback]

... I did. But unfortunately, that isn't always enough.

[dreaming_oflove]

Sometimes bad things happen, that are out of control. The best we can do is try to fix them and make up for our mistakes!

[willbiteback]

Sometimes bad things happen that could have been fixed, too.

[bluespring]

It wasn't their mother who failed them.

[willbiteback]

... It was both of us.

[bluespring]

I don't let Azula say such things about you. Why would I let you?

[willbiteback]

Azula says what she wants.