Every person has their own life circumstances, and sometimes those circumstances can make it difficult for an adult to give a child proper nurturing.

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For an example, my mother died when I was eight. My father couldn't bear to look at me for years because I resembled her too much. His grief kept him from being there for me as a child.

[ It feels. weird. To be speaking of the original Cale Henituse's past as if it were his own. But he has inherited this body and its history, so...

At least he knows the original Cale would approve of this. ]

...We've reconciled now and are much closer, but that doesn't make his neglect okay.