Noctisardor Bypass [m] luke 10:19

what can you provide for them that i cannot? a rhetorical question, but a matter-of-fact one. you are no father. you are not even a man. they will not miss you.
and even if they did at first, well, it surely wouldn't last long. as far as amadeo was concerned, the only way in which anselm was a "parent" to them was the fact that the sperm had come from his balls.
his lip curls ever so slightly, a bitter silence settling over him before, without warning, the crown of his head jams into the boy's ribcage. a hefty paw raises, intending to slam down upon him like a weight — not a killing blow nor a maiming, but a simple show of dominance.
he, the godhead of rivenwood.
The Father.
are you going to make me say it again? measured as ever, as if this were business as usual; calm, collected, secure.