Must I Say Sorry?

The Matriarch, for once, seemed at a loss for what to do.  Here she sat with a daughter she longed to bond with and understand and the opportunity lay before her, but she knew it would take even more prodding than it would with her other children.  Chione continued to be closed off even now while she opened up her heart and cried in front of her mother, uttering confusing apologies.  What could she be sorry for?  What did she even have to be sorry for?  Yes, she had been standoffish and sometimes rude toward her family, but Natalya knew that it didn't mean her daughter loved them any less.

"Chione, you don't need to be sorry for anything.  You have done nothing wrong that I am aware of.  You know how much we love you, don't you?"  Perhaps her daughter thought differently?  Natalya and Helios were quite busy, after all.  They didn't have much time to spend coddling their children, who were now almost yearlings.  Maybe Chione thought that for some reason they were avoiding her?

Speculating was exhausting.