Silverlight Terrace Don't hold your breath

"Because she's my mom. And she's, like, proud of Mira and Caelum and Altair - they don't cause problems like I do. I think I get on her nerves, and she thinks I'm annoying, or stupid. Probably both." Mintaka felt her eyes burn, blinking rapidly to stave off a sudden onslaught of tears. She didn't think about this stuff often - this horrible fear that festered in her that her mother didn't love her like she loved the others. That maybe she was too bold, too naive, too imaginative, too... Mintaka. Even Mira felt the need to protect her. 

Almight kept talking, and mentioned something that Mintaka had also not considered. She didn't need Hydra to be proud of her...? But it felt so necessary. "I'm not very amazing," she admitted, ears swiveling to the sides. "I don't really know why I want her to be proud of me. She's the only one I've ever really cared about what she thought. It's probably really stupid." She sighed heavily and looked up at him from where she lay. "Probably super not-cool of me."