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Elizabeth Brisby shared a photo.
3/22 near Tisse

I finally went to see what the tiket in my mail was for, and there was this very pretty pendent! I zoomed in really close with my camera though... this pendent is like a dolls pendent! The chane is way to short and the loop is to small for my longer necklice chanes, does anyone know how to make a bigger necklice loop? On the back is a really lovely inscripshon. "You can unlock any door, if you only have the key".

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[ Kamui. What. ]

Is he all right?
I'm afraid there isn't much to respect about me.

Hes going to be mad at me but thats only because he knows Im right. Im not sure what specifically but if hes friends with you then he respects you.

Hes just very ridiculous.

I believe that is overstating things.

I do think the best of your son, however.
No matter how often he threatens my toilet.
But I believe he has finally let that hostage go.

If he didnt respect you then you wouldnt get his time of day OR hed be violating his parole to harass you.

Are you really happy about that?
That he respects me?

Edited 2018-03-23 04:34 (UTC)

I dont know you perfectly but I do trust my son. I was upset with that joke but I just worry to much sometimes...

But truth fully I know Kamui wouldnt spend time with someone whos no good.

[ Uhhhhhhhhh. ]

I am no monster.
But I can't say I am a good man.

Most people are good people. Sometimes they do bad things. What counts is what they think matters most

[Having a son that's served prison time has added some leeway to her world view... but how different is it to the way she accepts the pendant for what it is?]

Penance, I suppose, is what matters most to me.

I dont think I know that word

I see.
It means to be sorry for one's actions.
To always attempt to make right the wrongs you have done.
Guilt is good, but all you feel is guilt, you are not bettering yourself.
See?

True. But even if its not for a nessisarily good reason, it DOES make you feel better to help people, doesnt it?

Anyone that can feel satisfyed helping someone is at their heart a good person. Im sure of it.

No.
I've never experienced happiness as others have.
However, I feel a duty and obligation to help others because I can't.
I still would not call that being a good person, Mrs. Brisby.

Well now I dont believe that any more than I believe what Kamuis saying right now.

I suppose I cannot force you to believe me.

My advise for whatever its worth, is dont let your past weigh you down. Bad things happen, and people make mistakes or even do wrong things... but you cant undo whats already happened, all you can do is keep trying, and keep working for whats most important. For me it was my children. I dont know what it is for you but Im sure you either have something or can find something.

[ Salvation for himself and the man in his memories, but he'd rather not drag her into that sort of talk. ]

No. That is what penance is.
The wrong can never be undone and so you strive to do better.
What is at the end of it is something more, of course.
I do not wish harm to come to other people.

[ But he also doesn't care about their happy state. He only recognizes wanting to harm them as "evil" and rejects it. ]

I dont know, whats that word...

It sounds pedantic to me. Like splitting hairs. You really are just like him, its easier to call yourself a bad person, isnt it?

I am going to ask you not to liken me to your son.
He has his emotions and even if he is ridiculous with how he shows them.
He loves you and his siblings.
He cares.

In any case, I do not feel right with upsetting someone about how I am.
Especially someone that I had attempted to help.
I merely did not wish for you to get the wrong idea about me. [ And that can't be helped at this point. ]
You may come to regret your decision on believing I am a good person, but you've made it, and I will accept it.

I dont understand why you want to keep people at arms length, and I dont understand everything you say, but I do understand what I can see. And I can see that Kamui sees something in his friendship with you.

That decision, too, was cultivated and thought on.
If it is what he decided, I will accept it as well.

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