You deserve more than I've given

For all the ways Satira resembled him, Mojito saw her mother in her too, in the way she protected herself with a chill that could cut him right to the bone. She did not push him away but it was clear she was putting a wall between them, he hoped that one day he might be able to help tear that wall down, but for now, at least it was enough to know she would listen.

"Your mother and I..." Mojito hesitated for a moment, the last thing he wanted to do was to poison the well. He and Asla might not have been on good terms for some time but he had no desire to make that his daughter's issue... More than he already had. "We've not seen eye to eye for a while now." That was probably the most diplomatic way of putting it, he would keep the resentment from his tone choosing instead to keep a steady if conservative cadence. "Your old man, he's not so good with confrontation and I am not too proud to admit I chose to try and avoid my problems rather than face them."

"And that has not been fair to you." He sought to meet his daughter's gaze, the strength of his conviction strong in his voice. "I love you, and your mother and in trying not to hurt you both with my inability to handle my emotions I still did wrong by you. My relationship with your mother is not your burden to carry, but by my inability to deal with it I wasn't there for you."

He was once more approaching a door, one he knew his daughter could slam directly in his face if she so chose. "I cannot take back the time I lost, but if you are willing I'd like to stop running. I want to be there for you, if you'll have me."  He wanted to be a real father to her, even if only for a while longer. Mojito did not yet know how to broach the way his heart tugged him towards another, that he hoped to one day find love again. But that wasn't really a conversation for this moment, his daughter was the most important wolf in his life, and though thoughts of the speckled man could plague him he knew he would always try to put his daughter first.

"Speech!"

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