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Her hands were on a round table, covered by a sheet which had drawings of green, red and blue flowers scattered around. Her eyes were seeing Nora with her hands clasped on the table, sitting on a white chair and bending forward: her smile reached her cheeks.
Mirii's irises fell down on tiles faintly colored in blue: the lines around their square shapes were as white as the chair. Her sight returned over her mother, as she sighs silently.
"Mother…" Her eyebrows rose.
Nora tilted her head a bit to the left, still smiling.
"… I-I'm sorry for appearing like a criminal, in front of the police!" Her neck bended down, as her eyes closed. "Th-that miniscule mistake could have been easily avoided"
"Mirii, no."
Her head rose back, with her eyes opened and her mouth opened a bit: Nora nodded a bit, keeping her smile.
"Mentioning perfection in times like this, it's simply useless." Her head shakes a bit sideways. "I'm not even thinking about perfection, right now…"
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her back went on the backrest: the chair slightly moved backwards.
"… wh-what did you said?!" Mirii's eyes blinked quickly.
"I said…" Nora's posture lifted, as her smile shrunk a bit. "I'm not even thinking about perfection, right now…"
"Wh-why?!" Mirii bends forward, with her eyebrows slightly down and her hands on her knees. "I thought that perfectionism is something you should never leave behind!"
"… maybe…" Nora rose her head a bit, as her eyes shrunk slightly and her mouth was straight. "… maybe that little motto needs to be fixed."
Mirii gasped, as she stands up immediately.
"Actually… maybe all this talk about perfectionism needs a serious revision." Nora's hands went down.
"N-n-no!" Mirii starts trembling a bit. "It can't be…!"
Nora's head lowered down, as her eyebrows rose.
"Mirii… there is something I didn't told you before…" Her head rose back, staring down at Mirii. "Ever since I last saw you in your brother's office… I-I suddenly felt this awful, awful sensation all over me…"
Mirii's mouth sealed, staying completely still: her mouth didn't have air.
"I-I kept thinking about the moment you started to cry… the more I thought on it, the more I desired to hug you and make my dear daughter smile…" She smiles a bit.
"But… why?" Mirii sat on the chair, as she pulls it a bit forward. "I clearly did a mistake, that time."
"Was that truly a mistake?!" Nora's hands stand on the table, as her teeth starts gritting and her eyebrows went up. "Giving up some days to school, in order to help your friend?!" Her eyes were a bit watery.
The girl sealed her mouth again.
"No, it wasn't!" Her head turns left and right, with her eyes closed. "The only mistake committed was MY MONSTROUS ATTITUDE TO TREAT MY CHILDREN!"
"You are not a monster, mother!" Mirii stands up, with her hands on the table. "I never compared you as one and I'll never do that, even if you keep following perfection!"
Nora's mouth opened wide. Mirii was frowning.
"I always knew why you treated me with such extreme tactics… that's because you wanted to prepare me, properly facing all the snares this world is hiding! If it wasn't for your training, I would have been much weaker than nowadays! None of my skills would have been effective enough, to let me save myself from that dastardly crook!" Her teeth were gritted.
"But there must have been a more efficient way to let you prepare for this!" Nora stands up, with her hands on the table. "An efficient way that wouldn't had made you cry more!"
"There wasn't." Mirii rose her head, as her arms folded. "The world is too cruel, for giving someone the opportunity to close the eyes like a fool: everyone must learn to look as accurately as possible, if they truly wish to survive."
Nora's fists were on the table, as her eyebrows were up.
"To be honest, mother…" Mirii's head was shaking slowly. "… seeing you this weak is making me worry."
"Weak? Me?!" Nora's right hand stood on her chest. "Are you out of your mind?! What I said before just made me stronger than before, Mirii Kelpshell!" She frowns, as her opened hands returned on the table.
"How?!" Mirii lowered her head, frowning a bit, with her irises still on Nora. "You never said anything like that… it's not even correlated to anything"
"But I don't want to get back into that REPRESSIVE WAY OF THINKING!" Her hands slammed the table two times. "I… I'm stronger now, because I finally understood the mistakes I kept doing!"
She smiles a bit.
"I have the strength to correct my errors… I'm going to correct them, starting on this very evening." She starts walking to the left, towards Mirii.
Her hands were down, clasped.
"What I'll truly care from now on is to not be seen as the powerful, incontestable mother…" Her arms opened, wrapped around Mirii. "… I want to be seen as the dear mother, ready to help her own children."
"Mother…" Mirii's eyebrows were up.
"Not a single word, Mirii Kelpshell." Nora's arms opened up, as the woman stepped two times backwards. "I had enough seeing you and Rof scared of me… nothing is going to change that."
Mirii sighed silently: she smiles a bit.
"Thank you, mother." Her eyes closed. "I… I don't know what to think about this… but it looks like the situation is much, much calmer than I previously thought."
Her eyes opened.
"I'm sure she doesn't mind hearing the reasons why I paid her a visit."
Mirii's hands went on her back.
"Mother, there is a reason why I wanted to pay you a visit…"
"I knew that, Mirii." Nora nodded once. "You want me to talk about Project Neo."
"I was a bit too predictable… way to go, Mirii!" Her eyes were closed, as her eyebrows were semi-lowered and her right cheek twitched a bit.
She reopens her eyes.
"Listen, I know that knowing more about Project Neo may lead me into dangerous situations…" Her arms folded.
"If you know that, then don't even bother asking me that." Nora rose her head, as her eyes squeezed a bit. "I'll not let my daughter dealing with irrelevant matters."
"Mother, don't you dare contradict your previous statement!" Mirii's head lowered, as she frowns a lot. "After all, you clearly said to be more helpful towards"
"Mirii, my position IS actually very helpful…" Nora snorted faintly. "As I said yesterday, those who knew more and more about Project Neo were"
"No, you are refusing to understand!" Mirii's arms went quickly down. "I have a very valid reason to throw myself into pure danger."
Her right hand took her right tentacle, as she starts petting it.
"My dear friend is in trouble… he's been used as a cavy for all those Project Neo experiments!" She frowns a lot. "If I don't know any useful information about this, there is nothing I can do to save him from this awful situation!"
Nora bended her stomach, as her teeth gritted.
"Miiiriiiiiii…" She swallows silently. "Pleeeaaasseeee… listen to your own mother… don't take those unnecessary risks"
"I WILL take those risks, mother." Her left foot went forward, her fists were clenching. "And I WILL get out of them without even a scratch!"
Nora gasped, as her right hand stood in front of her opened mouth.
"Hmpf. I see a lack of self-control, my dear mother…" She folds her arms, as her head rose. "It seems you aren't truly believing in your own daughter."
"False! I believe in you, Mirii!" Nora was breathing loudly, as her arms opened wide. "But you need to find another way to solve this! If you know more from me, the people working for Project Neo will understand you truly know"
"Of course, I'm not foolish enough to run in the middle of the battlefield…" Her left arm tilted up and down. "I have an eye for sophisticate strategies… plans who grant me absolute control over any situation."
Mirii's eyes closed.
"She doesn't seem to cooperate in any possible way… I'm not worried in the least. My position is in advantage: it's not stumbling at all. This means one thing… I can finally claim this situation and lead the results towards my goal."
Her eyes opened: her right fingers were holding a key's handle. Nora's eyes were expanded.