"You must have been so disappointed in me back then." Aurora's voice grew quiet. "Watching me act so proud and haughty, watching me instinctively avoid the people and things you treasured."
"But later… as I grew up, I gradually came to understand. So that I wouldn't disappoint you again, I started trying to understand you, learning to like the things you liked and love what you loved. I realized that what you wanted was never a world just for you to sit on high, enjoying honor and wealth."
"What you wanted..."
She took a deep breath. "What you wanted was a world where people like Bart and Hank, who toiled their whole lives, wouldn't be casually cast aside to fend for themselves when they grew old and weak. A world where they could have steady work until the end of their days, where their skills and experience would even be remembered and respected."
