141 Friendship (1/2)

”Then what should I do?”, she asked her daughter, who seemed to have a better understanding of others emotions.

”There isn't much you can do at the moment. But after Lara comes back you should tell her about what happened and explain it to her. Then you can plan on how to continue.”

”Mm, I planned to do that. But first I'll have to help Ivan to recover.”

”Right, what do you think happened to him?”

”I'm not sure. But I would guess that he somehow channeled too much energy through his body. Changing my race must have consumed a lot and even though it comes from some other source, it still had to go through his body. If he is lucky, then only his body is affected and not his base essence or even soul.”, Celine explained her thoughts on why Ivan would be so exhausted.

”Sounds reasonable.”, Lucia agreed and then stood up, grabbing her mother's hand, ”Come on, let's get you some clothes. Your old ones won't fit you.”

She then led her mother to her room and the two of them selected some clothes for her to wear until she bought some for herself.

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Outside Jane had shown the others around. All of them were impressed by the extensive garden and the part which could only be called a forest. Now they sat on the terrace and were chatting.

At first, they were supposed to play, but Jane instead preferred to ask them questions about her daddy.

”Greg, I'm really surprised that my daddy would become friends with you.”, Jane said while looking at the fatty skeptically.

Hearing her tone, Greg pretended to be hurt, ”What? Why? I'm such a great guy, so how couldn't I make your father my friend?”

”Huh? You shouldn't lie like this. If anything it was my daddy, who graciously accepted you as his friend.”, Jane retorted. Usually, she wouldn't joke around like this, but teasing this guy was just to much fun.

Pia and Irena looked at the two bickerings and couldn't help but smile in amusement. Sometimes the two of them would throw in a sentence or two, fanning their bickering. Serge on the other hand just sat at the side and looked at them, with nobody knowing what he was thinking about.

That was how Lucia and Celine found them.

”What are the two of you fighting over?”, Lucia asked Jane when she saw her bickering with Greg.

”Sister, this fatty said that daddy should be glad that he befriended him.”, Jane complained to Lucia.

”Of course, he should. Or do you think that with his personality he could ever make any friends?”, Greg injected his own opinion.

”You! What is wrong with my daddy's personality?”

Just when they were about to start their fight again, Lucia hurriedly interrupted them. ”Alright, that's enough. Besides didn't your daddy said that he is very happy to have made friends like them?”, she asked Jane while indicating the group.

Jane unwillingly nodded, ”I still think they should be happy to have my dad as their friend.”

”Of course they should, the same as your father should be happy to have them as their friends.”, Lucia said patiently. ”Only then can they truly be friends. Otherwise, wouldn't it just be one side using the other?”

When she heard the question Jane became thoughtful. She felt that her sister had a point. It was something she had seen often before. Even with little kids. They only looked to befriend someone because they would gain something from it. But that wasn't true friendship. True friendship required both sides to have equal standing in the relationship. If one side felt that the other should be happy to be their friend and didn't consider that he should be happy as well, then that would never be a true friendship.

Having thought it through she nodded and agreed, ”That sounds right. Then what about us? Are we equal in our relationship?”

At first, Lucia was surprised by her question. Because of her mothers status, it was impossible for them to be on an equal standing. This was something she hadn't thought about before, but it wasn't hard to find an answer, ”We are sisters, so there is no need to be equal. For sister's, there is always one older and one younger, but even so, they are still sisters.”