"Yes, that would indeed make your father more distressed," Pannis nodded. "But you couldn't just pretend to know nothing and continue your prior actions. Hmm, I understand now, you confronted Odin."
"It wasn't that severe, I just had a deep conversation with father, shared my thoughts about him and my longing for mother with him candidly. He did the same, revealing his own thoughts to me, and it turned out to be similar to what I had guessed," Freya said. "I let him know that I was aware of how much he loved me, and that my visits to see mother weren't because he wasn't doing enough, but simply because I missed mother and wanted to spend more time with her. After that, things improved a lot, I think he felt less pressured too."
"You should have done this earlier. If you hadn't, neither of you would have suppressed your feelings for years," Pannis said with a bitter smile. "That goes to show how detrimental a non-transparent personality can be."
