Thank you, father. Your opinion has always meant the entire world to me.

[She wishes he'd been beside her so many times. But to know that she walked now with his love still, his approval and pride behind her, it was almost as good. Almost. But never quite.]

It is. It's incredibly freeing. I'm glad you're enjoying yourself here.

...You know, there's another word, people use in this world, to call their fathers. It's a bit shorter, more casual: Dad. What do you think of it?