[ he should've expected this after the earful he got yesterday, and yet. here we are. opens and closes his mouth, looks down. sighs. ]

It's not the same thing. She...as far as I can tell, she broke my father's power in me. His influence is gone. It's all her now. But there's no...I don't really feel different. No evil fish hatred, or death, or agonies, or whatever. No gate, I don't think. It's not what Mute was going through.