Nihasa rolled her eyes at his question,
"The way you phrased those words makes me sound like some manipulative and insidious bitch" she said as she leaned forward in her throne.
Hal was about to lean back even further from the throne when Nihasa vanished and reappeared behind him smiling.
"Is that not what you are?" Hal asked as he released the throne's armrests and turned to face her.
The throne melted into the darkness of the space but neither mother nor son spared it a glance as they stared at one another.
Nihasa shrugged in response to Hal's question,
"It is. But it's callous of you to say it to my face like that. When all is said and done, I gave you life."
Hal ignored her words, especially the last sentence as he said,
"So what was it? What were you planning?"
Nihasa shook her head,
"Nothing. I wasn't planning anything." she said.
Hal smiled,
"I don't believe you"