"Sit down and just listen.

I’ve watched you squander your time, your energy, and your potential. Skipping classes. Failing tests. Living in my house like it’s a hotel, dirtying up everything I’ve built with your laziness and excuses.

I gave you chances. I gave you structure. I gave you more patience than you deserved.

But clearly… words aren't enough for you. So now, we do things my way.

You wanted to drift through life, to be small, to be useless? Fine. Let’s make that official."

She lifts the TF gun — sleek, silver, humming softly. "Don’t worry, sweetheart. You’ll still be useful to me… just in a very different way."