a soft kiss is place to her son’s forehead before she pulls back to look into his eyes. ‘ you don’t believe that. if you did, you wouldn’t feel the need to make an effort at all. ’ fingers rest atop his right hand, a gentle squeeze given in encouragement. ‘ your father’s legacy doesn’t have to be your own, ky’lar. you can break the cycle right here and now and live an existence that has good as well as the bad. it won’t be easy, but i promise it will be rewarding.’ 

_{he was doing this to keep the peace and not have people all over his back. a reason to why he was attempting to keep his head down. if that meant having restraint… so be it. then again, maybe he just hadn’t let himself attempt to be better as he was doing what was expected of him… from everyone. not to mention that he didn’t remember a time – if there ever was one – where someone actually cared for him. it was always stay out of the way and do what he wanted…. another reason for why he never restrained his own impulses. ‘i can break nothing.’ a simple statement as a deep sigh escaped his lips, ‘no matter what i do… or don’t do… i’m still the same. still just nothing more than a mistake.’}