Loved And Unloved

She needn't elaborate any further than that. I think I knew where this was going. My assumptions and deductions were like automated railroad tracks for my train of thought to keep chugging on full speed to the conclusion.

Looks like Howard's imagination wasn't so far off from the actuality all along. Instead of the Six Servants of Terestra - reality's rendition of it gave us Six Children instead.

Six half-siblings.

Come on… you can't just fling the long-lost siblings twist at me and expect me to be okay with it, Mom. That's just playing dirty, real fucking dirty… how the hell am I supposed to react to that?

"Surprised?" 

Mom's eyes were a sympathetic sight, I half-expected her to reach out and gently ruffle my hair with her fingers. But I guess even she knew there was a better time and place for doing that.

And this certainly wasn't it.