Nodoka groaned and ran one hand across her face. What a terrible nightmare she'd had. However traumatic it might be for her dreams to feature the terrible consequences should Genma fail in their goals for Ranma, never before had even her worst nightmares suggested that Ranma might have turned out so...
Words failed her. Filial piety was the bedrock upon which families were built. Whatever western beliefs might have seeped into society of late, she knew that the only the strictest bonds could carry a family from generation to generation into the future. Just as parents were honoured for the sacrifices they made for their children, children demonstrated their virtue by submitting to those older and wiser than they, learning virtue in so doing.
The idea that Ranma could be so completely cut off from her as to not even acknowledge her in more than the perfunctory of fashions...
No. She shook her head. The idea was absurd. She might not have seen her son in ten years, but Genma would never have allowed her son to grow up without a healthy respect for her. The idea -
She opened her eyes to see Kasumi looking down at her with a concerned expression.
- was not a nightmare. Well, it was, but not in the sense of a phantasm conjured by her sleeping mind.
Tears began to roll down her cheeks.
"Mrs. Saotome?" Kasumi asked gently. "Are you -" She broke off. Not even she could go through the empty formula of asking a mother if she was 'alright' after her only child had rejected her so utterly.
"How?" Nodoka whispered.
"Ranma?" asked another voice.
Nodoka looked sideways to see Nabiki knelt on the opposite side from Kasumi. "How could he - ?" she asked, unable to even complete the question.
Nabiki grimaced. "I don't know." She looked torn, before grudgingly admitting: "I honestly don't think it's malice. He just... He probably didn't know you'd be hurt... doesn't understand why you are."
"He didn't know that he had a mother," Kasumi said gently.
Nodoka's eyes went wide. "But -"
"Kami!" Nabiki snorted. "The way he acted, he didn't even know or care what a mother was. He might as well have never heard the word before."D for Drakensis
"An ugly macho guy can never beat an intelligent, slender, popular, and handsome hero."
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
Words failed her. Filial piety was the bedrock upon which families were built. Whatever western beliefs might have seeped into society of late, she knew that the only the strictest bonds could carry a family from generation to generation into the future. Just as parents were honoured for the sacrifices they made for their children, children demonstrated their virtue by submitting to those older and wiser than they, learning virtue in so doing.
The idea that Ranma could be so completely cut off from her as to not even acknowledge her in more than the perfunctory of fashions...
No. She shook her head. The idea was absurd. She might not have seen her son in ten years, but Genma would never have allowed her son to grow up without a healthy respect for her. The idea -
She opened her eyes to see Kasumi looking down at her with a concerned expression.
- was not a nightmare. Well, it was, but not in the sense of a phantasm conjured by her sleeping mind.
Tears began to roll down her cheeks.
"Mrs. Saotome?" Kasumi asked gently. "Are you -" She broke off. Not even she could go through the empty formula of asking a mother if she was 'alright' after her only child had rejected her so utterly.
"How?" Nodoka whispered.
"Ranma?" asked another voice.
Nodoka looked sideways to see Nabiki knelt on the opposite side from Kasumi. "How could he - ?" she asked, unable to even complete the question.
Nabiki grimaced. "I don't know." She looked torn, before grudgingly admitting: "I honestly don't think it's malice. He just... He probably didn't know you'd be hurt... doesn't understand why you are."
"He didn't know that he had a mother," Kasumi said gently.
Nodoka's eyes went wide. "But -"
"Kami!" Nabiki snorted. "The way he acted, he didn't even know or care what a mother was. He might as well have never heard the word before."D for Drakensis
"An ugly macho guy can never beat an intelligent, slender, popular, and handsome hero."
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.