[ It's not as if Erik can blame her for her clearly mixed emotions when it comes to him. He's hardly a good man, and if he is her father then he hasn't been present in her life at all. He can't be blamed for that entirely, given the fact that he didn't know, but it likely doesn't ease the hurt, anger or frustration. He knows that all too well.

Whatever she wants from him, he can at least muster some attempt. He thinks he had been a good father, once, even if his little girl had never grown up to be a woman like Lorna is. The thought is a stab to the heart, and he breathes out gently. ] It's what the human reporters do. They can't give us rationality, because then people might start to believe us.

[ Erik shakes his head, letting his eyes stay on her as she quite literally tries to shrug the situation off. Just like him. ]

Maybe. It turns out I have a son in my own world, so anything is possible.