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Reflection part 2 –

In the Watchtower space station, Terra having woken up early found herself once again trap between the twins, Hansel and Gretel. Unlike how they were before they're now very quit children who jump at shadows. They don't like being around adults as shadows of memories that Ace erased still lingered in their minds. It took awhile for them not to hide whenever they saw Rorschach.

They like her the most and would often slip into her bed to feel safe. To them she was their teddy bear that kept the monsters away. Ace being who she is, has a hard time getting them to like her. Even when it was just the two of them, Ace often just spoke to her when she needed to. They were bonding as sisters as their future selves did, just that it was going much easier in their time since Ace didn't have to learn to trust her and Rorschach. Ace was getting to be like by the twins, as she would always be there for them when they wanted to play. Playing with them made her feel happy being able to act like a child when she could never act like one when she was younger.

Rorschach on the other hand rarely spoke to them. He provides what they need to survive but when it comes to emotional support… he didn't have any to give them. Rorschach only spoke when it was needed, with them the kids doing most of the talking. She remembers what it was like when it was just her with him. She was the one who talk the most while he just listens. She's the one who took care of him, in getting him to clean himself instead of sinking like a dump truck, eating more, and sleeping instead of staying up for days at a time.

At first she thought the only took her in as a tool for his fight against the underworld. But at that time with neither side wanting her. He was the only one she could go to. And being a tool to him was fine by her. For being a tool and knowing it was a lot better then being used as one without ever knowing. But that all change when the holyday season came around. He gave her a gift that she always keeps it in a safe place. An old rag doll that was just like the one that she had when she was younger. Then learning what that future version of him did for her counterpart, made her see him in a new light.

Rorschach is the parent that she needed for her whole life. Sure he wasn't the kind of father that would tuck her in bed, read her stories, or drive her to her dance lessons. But the kind that will always do what's right for her. He never belittles her thinking that just because he's older that he's smarter and wiser then she is. And he never raise a hand against her or the others. For him he knows he's a monster but he'll never be one who hurts children. He taught her how to be like him showing her the worse of the worse, telling her in great detail about the villains that he had to face that gave Joker a run for his money. The most important things he taught her was that it was never a good day to die for his war against the underworld. For no bastard ever won a war by dying for his cause. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his cause. (1)

Then there was what she learn when she open his journal. Everything he does is for her, Ace, and the twins. He does what he does, so that when she and the others are older, they wouldn't have to face what he had to face.

Before she open his journal she was worried that he was pushing himself too hard. With her powers combine with Ace's there was just about nothing they couldn't do together. But Rorschach kept pushing himself to take care of things on his own. Often she and Ace would find the drug or war lord's base in flames with Rorschach standing on a pile of dead bodies. Both she and Ace had to force him to sleep and get some rest. But when she saw inside his journal. Everything became so clear to her. He would keep pushing himself to the breaking point if it meant he would make a world where any of the children under his care would have to deal with the hardships or messes that he left behind for them to deal with.

He wouldn't be the one who leaves the planet in a horrible mess or having villains who he could have taken care of years earlier, remain around for the next generation to deal with. For even with all that he has done. He was her… What did it matter he would never admit it even to himself. Rorschach was just Rorschach. And he would always do what he has to do to make things right in her life. And that all that matters.

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Author's Notes -

1 - Rorschach isn't scared of dying. But throwing his life away for a heroic action that could get him easily killed, instead of doing it a dull but safer way is what he does. Which is why he doesn't have any epic fights with villains. For it's much easier to kill someone then it is in fighting them without really hurting or killing the villain.

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