You try to let your father down easy.

Well, that's not strictly true.

First, you try to avoid the question for a little longer.

But then, he mentions that he's been pricing out flights,

and you realize he might buy himself a ticket and disappear on you.

And that's when you try to let him down easy.

It doesn't go well.

You feel like you're crushing his dreams.

In fact, he tells you you're crushing his dreams.

He pulls the, I might not have much longer to live card more than once.

And he's not wrong.

You call Imani for backup, but even though for once she agrees with you,

her bedside manner leaves something to be desired.

By the end of the call, you're all shouting at each other.

Somehow, the conversation is no longer about a trip to Manila.

What about everything?

All the things you've decided for your father.

All the things he hates about his life, his condition,

the way he's losing control, the way you've taken control from him.

Imani screams at you for taking him away from Vanguard,

and he screams back at her that he's happier at home with his friend Mani.

Imani is convinced Mani is out for money, or his kidneys, or both.

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