Then I suppose all you can do is give her all the information. If he's not the same as he was in a lot of ways, she can't at least understand she can't predict him like she would someone she knows.

[It's difficult to think about that being rejected. He knows what it's like to not be listened to. As much as he genuinely cares about Venom, having been ignored so many times in favor of Ocelot was a little wearing. For all the admiration in him, that part always left him feeling miserable.]

[Surely he hopes that her mother would listen.]

[But rather than mention that concern, he positions himself in front of her.] My right shoulder is capped with metal. It holds on the generator for my arm prosthetic.