I'm now through chapter 22, starting 23, and I'm wondering: Are we supposed to feel bad for the duke or something? Because I sure as hell ain't. It seems to me as if you saw all those scenes from his perspective - actually, right from the start of her return, where he notices in what looks like horror that she stopped calling him »Father«. But someone who would only realize what's important to him once he loses it, when it was comfortably there without him asking for it or even deserving it, isn't someone I want to take pity on. When he's already fancily remembering the times when Keira ran after him and tried to be acknowledged desperately, he shouldn't conveniently leave out the parts where he didn't pay attention to her. I mostly wonder about how he even remembers her happy face from back then, considering the fact he never actually stopped to look at her like a father should.
I'm now through chapter 22, starting 23, and I'm wondering: Are we supposed to feel bad for the duke or something? Because I sure as hell ain't.
It seems to me as if you saw all those scenes from his perspective - actually, right from the start of her return, where he notices in what looks like horror that she stopped calling him »Father«. But someone who would only realize what's important to him once he loses it, when it was comfortably there without him asking for it or even deserving it, isn't someone I want to take pity on. When he's already fancily remembering the times when Keira ran after him and tried to be acknowledged desperately, he shouldn't conveniently leave out the parts where he didn't pay attention to her. I mostly wonder about how he even remembers her happy face from back then, considering the fact he never actually stopped to look at her like a father should.