[ A functioning member of society seems like a pretty good goal. She'd be happy if this hypothetical (not really so hypothetical) kid grew up fairly happy and didn't turn into any kind of supervillain. That's really all she asks.
She'd really like it if it didn't hate her, too. ] You make me fine. [ But it's good to hear him laughing, equally good to be tugged closer to him, and she curls into him and breathes in and out against his chest, flattening one hand against his shoulder. ] I like that idea. Let's do that.
[ Making someone better than both of them might not be the healthiest goal to have for a child, but then it's own way it is. Someone without the things they had to go through, because maybe that shit builds characters but other stuff does too, all life experience does and it doesn't need to be that awful. It can just be normal. Normality. ] We'll make sure she can live a normal life.
but is that really a bad thing it could just be a really good thing
She'd really like it if it didn't hate her, too. ] You make me fine. [ But it's good to hear him laughing, equally good to be tugged closer to him, and she curls into him and breathes in and out against his chest, flattening one hand against his shoulder. ] I like that idea. Let's do that.
[ Making someone better than both of them might not be the healthiest goal to have for a child, but then it's own way it is. Someone without the things they had to go through, because maybe that shit builds characters but other stuff does too, all life experience does and it doesn't need to be that awful. It can just be normal. Normality. ] We'll make sure she can live a normal life.