Does she? I'm not even her biological daughter. [ There's an edge to her voice but she pulls it back immediately, regretfully. It's an instinct after hearing those reassuring words from her own father, but Annie doesn't know that. ] She's not obligated to care about me and yet - [ Yet Natalie spent too much time shedding tears over the matter. What for? ]

Mom's busy chasing phantoms. She's no more of a caregiver than Hecate is to me.