There are a lot of things that Kara doesn't understand.
She's never had a real family, one that was normal at any rate. No big gathering, no teasing cousins, no doting aunts and uncles, no gifts from grandparents. She certainly doesn't understand mothers, much less her own.
What Kara does understand, however, are fathers. Fathers, and how the lessons they can teach, no matter if he's no longer around to teach more, can be carried with you your whole life.
That's why she can sit with Bill Adama (someone she almost called a father) and listen to the stories of his father. She could smile at the right places in old tales, feel the warmness pool in her heart at the softness of the Old Man's voice when he talked of Joseph Adama. She imagined a brave man, a man who had taught his son (and his grandsons) the importance of doing what was right, of fighting to the last, of finding the best in people.
Joseph Adama's legacy was a love for the human race in spite of their flaws.
Kara understands that.
***fin***
*feh* It's really late, and I'm not entirely happy with this one, but I felt the need to write before going to bed. cheers. --Lex
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Joseph Adama
Date: 2010-02-07 08:38 am (UTC)She's never had a real family, one that was normal at any rate. No big gathering, no teasing cousins, no doting aunts and uncles, no gifts from grandparents. She certainly doesn't understand mothers, much less her own.
What Kara does understand, however, are fathers. Fathers, and how the lessons they can teach, no matter if he's no longer around to teach more, can be carried with you your whole life.
That's why she can sit with Bill Adama (someone she almost called a father) and listen to the stories of his father. She could smile at the right places in old tales, feel the warmness pool in her heart at the softness of the Old Man's voice when he talked of Joseph Adama. She imagined a brave man, a man who had taught his son (and his grandsons) the importance of doing what was right, of fighting to the last, of finding the best in people.
Joseph Adama's legacy was a love for the human race in spite of their flaws.
Kara understands that.
***fin***
*feh* It's really late, and I'm not entirely happy with this one, but I felt the need to write before going to bed.
cheers.
--Lex