[She's quiet hearing that as she watched him work. The stark differences between this Eliot and the other were more than obvious to her and it also pained her to hear he didn't want a mother.]

I haf no intention of physically harming you or your ozher half. I'm...not sure vat kind of mozher I am anymore, but, I vouldn't actually hurt you.

[Not anymore. Not after her trip through the dreamdocks.]

I don't view families az a vaste of time. Zhey are protection und support.. if you haf zhe right kind of family. Augustine und I zimply vant to look out for you, even if you don't vish it. Zhat's... vat parents are supposed to do. Zhey are supposed to care for and look out for zheir children.

[She sighed softly.]

...Look, I'm zorry for my... brutality und sledgehammer bluntness on my opinions. Vhere you haf zhe option of forgetting memories, I don't und I'm still dealing vith three vorlds und nearly a decade vorth of zhem I didn't haf vhen ve first met. Personally, I enjoy zhe little family unit ve haf, even if it iz a little dysfunctional.

Besides, I'm just as stubborn az you are. Telling me zhat attempting family bonding von't stop me from trying.