Well, you know, your mother and I...our relationship was illegal, at that time. It had to be kept a secret, and I mean - if we were found out, best case scenario is we’d end up in jail. Worst case, a human extremist would *clears throat uncomfortably* take justice into his own hands, and your mom and I would end up dead in a ditch.

It doesn’t matter, Bailey, what matters is being a part of your life was always risky, so I made a decision, a very painful, impossible decision to stay out of your life. I made that choice for your benefit. *Pause* As a parent all you want for your kid is for them to have the best possible life you can provide, and I accepted that the best possible life for you didn’t involve me.

You’re giving humans too much credit, and I say that as a human. Humans had a hard enough time coexisting with each other before we discovered the magical community. And how did we respond to discovering the existence of several magical, peaceful beings? We murdered thousands of your kind in a war we started simply because we feared you. We may have grown up since then, but trust me, all it takes is one extremist finding out -