[ how affectionate they had been to her, even without understanding between them. she was still their daughter. don's heart aches for both sides, thinks of the ID faust has all the same, and herself as well.

spatzi -- so cute, yet ill-fitting a woman like kromer. it's hard to imagine anyone calling her so lovingly, even as her words and tone imply so. but kromer was a child once too. ]

It is, [ she agrees, because it is. ] But I can kill even a face I know if they have done wrong.

[ as can kromer, of course. ]

I pity thee, Kromer. It sounds as if they did aught but love thee 'til the very end, even if they thought thee would eventually give in. I have known many who would long for even that small endearment.