I know. I had always hoped, given how difficult it was for you two to achieve any child, that Bella would cherish the result, barring Squib or other deformity.
Alas, Bella's love has always been a stingy commodity, given and taken, traded like she has only so much to bargain with.
I've no doubt Hydra is arming herself against the scrutiny Bella will surely be paying her over the holidays. I only wish I'd been able to convince her to drop that façade long enough to rid herself of the worst of her emotions, in order to better prepare herself for the onslaught of Bella's 'training'. But your daughter has always forged her own path, for good or ill. She has an inner strength which, I am sure, will stand up to Bella in its way.
I would have thought you'd be happy that at least Bella can no longer sift through Hydra's thoughts like so much sand. I love my sister but she does seem to think of your children as wholly hers, instead of people in their own right.
Perhaps that's why we were so lucky with Draco. He made his preferences and dispositions known early on and I never saw reason not to indulge them, particularly as they were (usually) perfectly acceptable. His exploits with Harry notwithstanding, of course, but boys together will always egg each other on, as I'm sure you and Raz can attest.
I confess I was much easier dealing with the two of them as a duo than I ever was with young Nott. I've no idea of his intentions, from the infinitesimal amount Hydra has seen fit to tell me. She only said that he was 'too intense' for her liking. Knowing the boy as we know the father, that could mean any number of things.
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Date: 2014-04-12 06:13 pm (UTC)Alas, Bella's love has always been a stingy commodity, given and taken, traded like she has only so much to bargain with.
I've no doubt Hydra is arming herself against the scrutiny Bella will surely be paying her over the holidays. I only wish I'd been able to convince her to drop that façade long enough to rid herself of the worst of her emotions, in order to better prepare herself for the onslaught of Bella's 'training'. But your daughter has always forged her own path, for good or ill. She has an inner strength which, I am sure, will stand up to Bella in its way.
I would have thought you'd be happy that at least Bella can no longer sift through Hydra's thoughts like so much sand. I love my sister but she does seem to think of your children as wholly hers, instead of people in their own right.
Perhaps that's why we were so lucky with Draco. He made his preferences and dispositions known early on and I never saw reason not to indulge them, particularly as they were (usually) perfectly acceptable. His exploits with Harry notwithstanding, of course, but boys together will always egg each other on, as I'm sure you and Raz can attest.
I confess I was much easier dealing with the two of them as a duo than I ever was with young Nott. I've no idea of his intentions, from the infinitesimal amount Hydra has seen fit to tell me. She only said that he was 'too intense' for her liking. Knowing the boy as we know the father, that could mean any number of things.