Seeing Reason
Another morning came, and Gilas was upset at how his mother was determined to give him the silent treatment. Sure, a part of him knew he deserved it, but he was just doing his best to protect her. There was no reason for her to act like this to him, right? Surely, she understood that he was simply looking out for her.
[Or maybe you did go a bit overboard on trying to forbid her from visiting Pinra,] Ham condescendingly scoffed. [I'm sure you can see the parallels of you forbidding her from doing things she wants to do with a certain someone that once did that to her.]
[Don't you dare compare me to that man,] Gilas growled. [You know more than enough that I was just trying to not get her killed.]