They couldn't see you that way. Only a blind fool would.

[She shakes her head.]

They... [She hesitates. She doesn't know; she didn't have parents, nor could be disappoint them. She did what she did for them, but... but she doesn't know what it's like to wonder that.] ...they may have expected something else of your future, but the past is precious, too. You share that with them, and they'll remember that in time.